December 7, 2015 at 5:30 PM
Last week, Unifor was advised by Air Canada management that the flight attendants were given a gift for the recent ratification of their collective agreement, in the form of passes.
The issue: flight attendants and pilots have been given access to higher priority travel passes for themselves and family members.
The frustration our members are experiencing as a result of Air Canada giving 'gifts' - in the form of higher priority passes to the flight attendants and the pilots - has been shared countrywide with Unifor members and also those members within other unionized groups.
While in collective bargaining this past year, Air Canada management explicitly told Unifor that passes were not negotiable and there would be no higher priority passes for our [Local 2002] members or any other unionized group. With this recent news from management, their own integrity is unreliable and Unifor and its members are facing inequality within the company’s unionized work groups.
In an effort to correct this 'wrong' by management, Unifor has requested a high-priority meeting with Air Canada’s Benjamin Smith, President of Passenger Airlines. We hope this meeting will yield success and bring equality to frontline workers who have helped to stabilize the airline. Unifor will continue to push for fairness for its members.
In solidarity,
Cheryl Robinson
President, Unifor Local 2002
Click here to view the Unifor/Air Canada correspondence
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