PRESS RELEASE: CUPE, Air Canada reach a tentative agreement

TORONTO, ON – Flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge have reached a tentative agreement, achieving transformational change for our industry after a historic fight to affirm our Charter rights. Unpaid work is over. We have reclaimed our voice and our power. When our rights were taken away, we stood strong, we fought back — and we secured a tentative agreement that our members can vote on. For more information, please contact: Hugh Pouliot CUPE Communications hpouliot@cupe.ca

PRESS RELEASE: “This government is anti-union and anti-worker”: CUPE denounces use of Section 107

Halifax, NS – CUPE Nova Scotia strongly condemns the federal government’s decision to interfere in workers’ right to collective bargaining and job action by invoking Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code. “Clearly, this government is anti-union and anti-worker,” said Alan Linkletter, CUPE Nova Scotia President. “Forcing workers back on the job instead of supporting free and fair collective negotiations directly contradicts workers’ rights that are guaranteed under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.” Air Canada has asked the government to crush striking workers’ Charter rights, and Federal Labour minister Patty Hajdu is ready to deliver. Hajdu announced that the federal government will be invoking Section 107 at a press conference this afternoon, citing the financial welfare of Canadians and the economy at large as a deciding factor for this decision. “She says this move is for the financial security of Canadians—are these workers not Canadians? Does their welfare … Read more…