Canada's most recognized labour movement executive says he is shocked and "extremely troubled" by news that NHL Players' Association officials allegedly accessed and in some cases blocked the email accounts of players who have challenged the hiring of union executive director Ted Saskin.
"Unions are supposed to be about promoting democracy and responsibility and full disclosure," Buzz Hargrove, national president of the Canadian Auto Workers, said yesterday. "I've followed what's happened in the corporate world with things like this, but you don't expect it in a union. This is incredibly shocking if it's true." [snort] (more)
