Air Canada flight attendants intend to strike at the end of this week, union says
The union, representing the flight attendants of Air Canada, has indicated that its members intend to go on strike later this week, paving the way for workers to work in early Saturday morning.
Canadian Association public employees (CUPE) gave the carrier a 72-hour notice when after reaching both sides “Deadlock” in conversationQuickly His more than 10,000 Workers can work on ET at 12:58 pm on Saturday.
cup Representatives say that in response to their strike action, Air Canada has issued a lockout notice starting from ET at 1:30 pm on Saturday.
Wesley said, “We hope that Air Canada will come on some form or the table and will show us in reality in bargaining the last pieces of this.” LesoskiChairman of cup Air Canada component.
Both sides have been interacting on a new collective agreement since March, going on major issues such as wages, work rules and unpaid hours.
Air Canada said late Tuesday night that both sides were far away in the conversation.
What will happen next?
CBC News earlier told on Tuesday that COUPE was Rejected a proposal Air Canada to solve the dialogue through binding interest arbitration, and that both the union and the airline had returned to review each other’s proposals. The work went on at midnight on Tuesday, but as a result, the union notices the strike after about an hour.
“The employer rejected our last pass … that we gave them on some monetary issues. We wanted to review it completely, but really wanted the members to be at the forefront of that decision. So it discussed a lot,” Lesoski,
The contract between Air Canada and the union representing flight hostemps has killed a deadlock on wages to a large extent. This can cause strikes or lockouts with a 72 -hour notice.
Air Canada had said that any passengers booked to travel between August 15 and August 18 could change their flight if desired, provided it was purchased from August 13 later. The airline was also allowing these passengers to change their flights, for free, till another date between August 21 and 12 September.
“If your flight is canceled, On your website“As we are in the summer journey season, we know that space will still be very limited. If your journey is interrupted, you can always choose a refund.”
CBC News Air Canada has been affected to confirm the lockout notice and for the latest plan of the company for passengers.
“From the flight attendant, obviously we are sorry and sympathetic to it, but we also need to negotiate a collective agreement. And unfortunately, it was the next stage in the process,” Lesoski,
“I think we’re going to start looking at their ramp down (on Wednesday). I will definitely hope that they are not leaving our members. They are clearly working for those destinations and should be brought back.”
