April 24, 2015 at 4:00 PM
READY, SET, ACTION for Air Canada workers
We're ready!
Negotiations with Air Canada is still on hiatus.
The company is still entrenched in their plans to
take away the wheelchair work from our members at Pearson and continue to play
the 'blame game' with the GTAA, instead of valuing, respecting their contractual
obligations with us and protecting the work that our members have performed for
70 years.
Your committee has made it clear that we are
determined to resolve the pivotal issues surrounding the protection of our scope
work (including the renewal of the Jazz servicing contract).
Air Canada is in good financial health and the only
thing standing in the way of your committee achieving a sound, progressive
collective agreement for our members, is corporate greed.
The Globe and Mail recently announced that CEO Calin Rovinescu will receive a 91 per-cent increase to his already enhanced
pension, nearly doubling his retirement pay to $791,300 a year. And just in case
you were worried about the sustainability of Calin's $62 million in shares and
options, Air Canada has put measures in place to "protect their value if the
price dives in the future."
How about protecting the job security of Air
Canada’s frontline workers!
Your union is fighting to stop the unnecessary
erosion of our work. Some important dates are coming up: May 11, 2015 marks the
end of conciliation, followed by a 21 day ‘cooling off period.’ On June 2 the
company may exercise their right to lock workers out and the union is in a legal
position to withdraw our members’ labour (after a positive strike vote is
taken).
Get set!
The committee has been working with the Unifor
legal department to prepare for the wheelchair scope work arbitration. The
arbitration is currently scheduled for April 30 and June 4, with an additional
date to be announced once confirmed.
It is unfortunate that, without even knowing the
outcome of the arbitration, Air Canada has developed and distributed a work bid
omitting wheelchair work from Pearson’s summer schedule.
ACTION!
Air Canada has slapped a sale sticker on the backs
of workers to maximize corporate profits and minimize their responsibility to
their employees. Whether you have 30 years or 3 with this company, all of our
jobs are at risk and we must fight this injustice together.
The tidal wave of worker indignation that began at
rallies in Toronto will soon spread to cities and airports across the country.
Be prepared and ready to participate! Send a message to Air Canada that we are
the frontline faces of this airline and the sun may not shine so brightly this
summer if we are not there to greet our passengers.
"The solidarity of our membership is an amazing
force to be reckoned with," says Local 2002 President Cheryl Robinson. "And we
will not stand idly by as the company tries to steal our jobs to line the
pockets of their executives."
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