Description: Air Canada flight attendants have rejected a tentative contract and have given strike notice. The federal government has promised back-to-work legislation. Source: The Toronto Star. Date: 10/11/2011 Link: http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1067829–air-canada-flight-attendants-seem-poised-for-at-least-short-strike Related links: Bloomberg story CBC story Earlier update on Ottawa’s use of back-to-work legislation Earlier update on the tentative agreement Statement from Air Canada Statement… Read more »
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Ottawa and the right to strike
Description: A Globe and Mail writer wonders what the threat of back-to-work legislation in the Air Canada dispute means for Canadian workers’ right to strike. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 09/20/2011 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/is-ottawa-putting-the-right-to-strike-at-risk/article2172887/ Related links: Labour minister promises back-to-work legislation if attendants strike Air Canada tentative agreement includes hybrid pension scheme Tentative agreement complicates… Read more »
Air Canada, flight attendants reach tentative deal
Description: Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing 6,800 flight attendants, have reached a tentative agreement just hours before a strike deadline. Source: Montreal Gazette Date: 09/21/2011 Link: http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+flight+attendants+reach+tentative+deal/5433573/story.html Related links: Company sends letter to employees outlining “facts of life” Union members take their dispute to Facebook CBC.ca readers respond to the… Read more »
Air Canada workers vote on new contract
Description: Striking Air Canada workers will be voting on a new contract after the federal government introduced back-to-work legislation in the Commons. Source: The Windsor Star Date: 06/20/2011 Link: http://www.windsorstar.com/business/leaders+Canada+deal/4973375/story.html Related links: Postmedia story Globe and Mail story about bargaining and pensions CBC story CAW Airline Local 2002 Earlier update Air Canada Questions for discussion:… Read more »
Air Canada workers poised to strike
Description: Air Canada sales and customer-service employees, represented by the Canadian Auto Workers Union, are threatening to strike over wages and pensions. Source: CBC Date: 06/13/2011 Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/13/aircanada-striketalks-monday.html Related links: Globe and Mail story CTV story Air Canada CAW Airline Local 2002 Earlier update Questions for discussion: Browse the links above. As you will see,… Read more »
Pilots reject Air Canada proposal
Description: Air Canada pilots have rejected a proposed contract that the airline said was necessary for the launch of a low-cost service. Source: The Toronto Star Date: 19/05/2011 Link: http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/aircanada/article/993999–air-canada-s-discount-airline-in-jeopardy-after-pilots-reject-deal?bn=1 Related links: Air Canada Air Canada Pilots Association CAW Airline Local 2002, representing customer service agents and other workers Earlier update Questions for discussion: Why… Read more »
Air Canada CEO asks pilots for concessions
Description: The chief executive officer of Air Canada is pleading with the airline’s pilots to accept a collective agreement the airline says is required to create a low-cost carrier. Source: The Globe and Mail Date: 05/08/2011 Link: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/air-canada-head-pitches-pact-to-pilots/article2014479/ Related links: Earlier story Air Canada Air Canada Pilots Association Questions for discussion: Why would this new… Read more »
