This could end up really bad for Toronto based Porter Airlines. The Canadian upstart airline has had a rather nasty strike to deal with over the last few months. The nasty factor took a turn yesterday when Porter decided to sue the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union Local 343 and their leader Mary Stalteri for $4 million CDN:
According to court documents, Porter alleges libellous comments against the airline were made by Stalteri on behalf of the union through a Twitter account under the username @PorterStrike, which had more than 200 followers as of Wednesday afternoon.
The airline alleges that it was defamed by a video depicting a fake crash with a Porter plane, a fake advertisement and “numerous” comments it says were broadcast from the Twitter account between Jan. 17 through to April 8.
Porter says the tweets used false and misleading information about safety protocols and training practices for the airline and its workers.
“The defamatory statements have caused Porter to suffer significant and unjustifiable damages to its reputation and business, for which the defendants are liable,” the airline wrote in the statement of claim. “The defamatory statements were malicious. The defendants repeatedly, publicly and for no legitimate purpose chose to make statements they knew or should have known to be false. In doing so, the defendants were motivated by a desire to improperly gain leverage in the labour dispute.”
Hmmm…. The Twitter account in question has 343 followers as I type this. So it’s gone up due to stories like these. The reason being is that the Streisand Effect may be in full effect. That is, something that Porter wanted to bury is about to get a whole lot more popular. Clearly not the effect that Porter wants.
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Porter Airlines Sues Union Over Comments On Twitter
This could end up really bad for Toronto based Porter Airlines. The Canadian upstart airline has had a rather nasty strike to deal with over the last few months. The nasty factor took a turn yesterday when Porter decided to sue the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union Local 343 and their leader Mary Stalteri for $4 million CDN:
According to court documents, Porter alleges libellous comments against the airline were made by Stalteri on behalf of the union through a Twitter account under the username @PorterStrike, which had more than 200 followers as of Wednesday afternoon.
The airline alleges that it was defamed by a video depicting a fake crash with a Porter plane, a fake advertisement and “numerous” comments it says were broadcast from the Twitter account between Jan. 17 through to April 8.
Porter says the tweets used false and misleading information about safety protocols and training practices for the airline and its workers.
“The defamatory statements have caused Porter to suffer significant and unjustifiable damages to its reputation and business, for which the defendants are liable,” the airline wrote in the statement of claim. “The defamatory statements were malicious. The defendants repeatedly, publicly and for no legitimate purpose chose to make statements they knew or should have known to be false. In doing so, the defendants were motivated by a desire to improperly gain leverage in the labour dispute.”
Hmmm…. The Twitter account in question has 343 followers as I type this. So it’s gone up due to stories like these. The reason being is that the Streisand Effect may be in full effect. That is, something that Porter wanted to bury is about to get a whole lot more popular. Clearly not the effect that Porter wants.
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