Although we do not
know what happened to Malaysia Airlines 370 beyond the certainty that
it is a tragedy, we must remember that every cloud has a silver
lining and vice versa. The pings may fade away, but an important
principle of employee / employer relations has been reaffirmed. Now
Americans, and indeed the citizens of the world, can sleep at night
in comfort knowing that not a shred of dignity or security is going
to be allowed the worker in our global society.
I happened to be
staying at a friends' house when flight 370 went missing and the next
morning we watched CNN (while getting the kids off to school, yikes,
trauma flashback!) when they were first using a flight simulator of a
777 in Canada to demonstrate various ideas about how to navigate a
777 and what is involved in turning off a transponder. There was a
pleasant looking CNN reporter and a very young, casually dressed
technician, Mitchell Casado, to demonstrate the system and act as our
pilot. Mr. Casado was very informed on his topic, well spoken, and
presentable. I did notice that he dressed casually (but neatly) and
that worked for me. His dress would not have been out of place in
any Silicon Valley business except perhaps in the most formal of
circumstances, such as a funeral.
Well it didn't work
for the big boss. Apparently the owner of Ufly, the company that
owns the simulator, received at least two letters from old women who
complained that the demo guy was giving all Canadians a bad name. So
he fired Casado's ass. Out the door, mother fucker, and dont come
back.
Why this is
important is as follows.
Government has
worked hand-in-hand with business over the last two decades or so to
destroy any semblance of workers' rights. The only people with
rights are and always must be the owner of the company who has the
complete ability to do whatever they want with the worker for any
reason. “At Will” are the operative words here. In a downturn
economy with 20% or more unemployment and underemployment, with a
huge number of people on food stamps, you dont want to be left out in
the cold. So you had better toe the line in all ways and all times
and with every bit of your energy and will or that could be you out
on the street.
By reducing the
employee slave to a state of fear and anxiety the proper social roles
are maintained.
Our congratulations
to Ufly and all Canadians for making this important point about the
rights of the worker. They have no rights, whatsoever, termination
can be arbitrary and unjust and that is the way it has to be to
maintain the sanctity of the free enterprise system that has done so
much for the rich in our two countries.
The source for the
picture and the news of Casado's just and necessary termination is here.
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