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 The Calgary Herald 05.12.2017 tells us "WestJet pilots poised to unionize amid intensifying worker unrest."

Wait, what's going one here? Was there ever a time earning wages under capitalism wasn't intense? Do tell! With Westjet's shares falling 4% over this wee tussle over wages and conditions, it is not surprising to read that WestJet CEO of Canada's budget airline vows to "go down fighting ..." Bully for you, mate! What a blinking hero! Those damn nuisance workers: Take it in the Chin!

Like a feral scourge that must be eradicated, what we see here is no different the world over: when decent working class folk struggle to stay afloat in a sea of swindling buccaneers, buccaneers who use every trick in the book to extract profit via the 'master and servant statutes' of old (labour law!) tipping the balance of power their way to dash the economic brains out the working class almost every time. And why not! It's their system! Those enterprising captains of industry fought hard, lying through their teeth to suck workers into letting them run civilization in their own interests – the interests of parasitical capital.

Good luck to you all fellow workers of Westjet. If you get your deserved gains, let's not forget to knock out the system that lets bosses everywhere exploit and keep us all in positions of senseless servitude! 

Steve and John.