Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, June 03, 2011

Postal strike begins

OTTAWA — In Winnipeg, 150 postal workers walked off the job Thursday night bringing the possibility of a wider strike closer to fruition.

"We just walked out at the main plant. We've got the whole entire shift off in Winnipeg," Brett Drabot, a member of the CUPW Winnipeg local's executive board told Postmedia News.

Spokespeople for both the union and Canada Post said earlier they didn't expect a deal would be reached before 11:59 p.m. ET that would avoid a strike — meaning no mail will be delivered in Winnipeg on Friday.

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