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Podcast: CANADALAND
Episode: Why Does Labour Only Get Covered When There's a Strike?
Description: The Air Canada strike this past weekend affected tens of thousands of Canadians and international travelers. The negotiations have been going on for eight months, the contract renewal was known about for ten years, so how did the Air Canada strike sneak up on Canadians so fast?Why were flight attendants, who are primarily women, not being paid for “ground work” for so long? Is labour coverage so non-existent in Canada that these stories just go unnoticed?Labour reporter Stacy Thomas joins San Grewal to talk all about it.