Most jobs include some element of unpaid work.
No, "most" jobs don't. But, the ones that do, are wrong too.
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2025
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Opinion: How did Air Canada lose hearts and minds? Two words: ‘unpaid work’
(www.theglobeandmail.com)
And these days, I consider commuting to be unpaid work if the job function doesn’t require you to be in a particular location.
Capitalism is BASED on unpaid work. The real value workers create is always only partially compensated, the difference is "profit".
It sounds barbaric, if you don’t stop to think about it for more than a second. Most jobs include some element of unpaid work. Teachers prepare lessons ahead of class. Nurses stay late to finish charting or prepare medications. Why, even journalists put in hours off the clock, transcribing interviews or travelling for a story.
Oh fuck off. Is there a reason you can't count it in the contract and put figures on it? Oh right, because then despite your bullshit figures it'd turn out the numbers don't actually favour you.
Fuck right off, indeed. Unpaid work is barbaric, no matter the profession. No way nurses are working unpaid; they get overtime for that. I had several skilled teachers who through careful planning made certain they weren’t working off the clock. Etc.
Yeah … they worked unpaid too. Not at the same rate but statistics show that women’s work relies heavily on some form of unpaid labor
Teachers prepare lesson plans ahead of class
Teachers are unfortunately salary exempt in turn for being paid during the summer, so this doesn’t equate
Nurses stay late to finish charting…
They’re hourly and still on the clock getting paid
Journalists put in hours of the clock
Not familiar how their pay works
Regardless in every example it’s a non-sequitor as they are not doing an exempt knowledge worker job that would even remotely qualify them for unpaid overtime. If you’re gonna take that route then they need to be put on salary and adjusted accordingly
Ontario teachers aren’t paid during the summer. I don’t know about other provinces as our public education systems are different in each province.
It’s a choice here. You’re on contract for a certain fixed rate. You can get it paid for the 9-10 months your working or divide it up over the full year.
Did... Air Canada ever have our hearts? Pretty sure not most of them...
Andrew Coyne is, and always will be, a first class cunt.
For a while about 10 years ago I started reading the globe, the national post, and CBC, pretty much every day, and I honestly mostly liked Andrew Coyne. I didn't completely agree with him, but he made nuanced points, and came out pretty strongly against some of Harper's dumber moves.
This column is absolute hateful shite tho.
The Abacus survey that he links to contains the answer, without his inane commentary:
https://abacusdata.ca/most-canadians-side-with-flight-attendants-in-dispute-with-air-canada/
What beautiful data. Overwhelming public support for the union and a big FU to the government intervention as well.
Unpaid work is slavery, full stop.
Especially when being forced to work.
If I was only getting paid while in the air, you bet your ass I would have been sitting on my ass doing nothing, plus reporting their asses if the company wasn't giving on call pay. I imagine this would get you fired for insubordination pretty quickly.