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Large picket lines at Pearson Airport as Air Canada flight attendants defy Ottawa’s back-to-work order

Large picket lines have erupted at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Sunday as the union representing Air Canada flight attendants sa

Large picket lines have erupted at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Sunday as the union representing Air Canada flight attendants says they will “remain on strike” and defy Ottawa’s back-to-work order.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) called the order “unconstitutional” and urged Air Canada to return to the bargaining table to negotiate a “fair deal.”

The defiance comes hours after Air Canada announced plans to gradually resume flights on Sunday evening. The airline now says that they will “resume flights as of tomorrow evening.”

Already, hundreds of CUPE members gathered outside Toronto’s Pearson Airport, waving signs and chanting, “Hey, hey, ho, ho, unpaid work has got to go.”

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[theatre-gay-they]

Oh I can't beleive I haven't posted anything yet ig I've just been messaging ppl a lot. CUPE flight attendants at Air Canada are on strike in defiance of a back-to-work order from the government, and the labour movement is behind them.

Statement from the CLC: https://canadianlabour.ca/canadas-labour-movement-stands-united-against-government-violation-of-workers-rights

CANADA’S LABOUR MOVEMENT STANDS UNITED AGAINST GOVERNMENT VIOLATION OF WORKERS' RIGHTS | Canadian Labour Congress

Statement from Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, following an emergency meeting of Canada’s Unions on the Air Canada Fl

Video from this morning from the union

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Hell yeah! It feels amazing to share some good fucking news for once!

[girlactionfigure]

Canadian Union of Public Employees- for crying out loud- What is this? 

How evil do you have to be to put posters up of a raped/slaughtered innocent girl that was dancing at a party, with a broken leg from torture, not to mention half naked and DEAD.

Read the response of the president of CUPE Ontario. Proudly admitting it!

[thedramaticking]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an employer fold as fast as Air Canada and the federal government just did. I cannot overstate what a win for labour rights this is in Canada.

Basically Air Canada’s flight attendants went on strike after 8 months of bargaining came up empty, grounding all Air Canada flights. The main issue at play was that whole thing where flight attendants aren’t paid until the plane doors are shut. So they basically they do hours of unpaid labour.

Within 12 hours of the strike, the federal labour minister requested back-to-work legislation to force the flight attendants back to work. But CUPE told the feds to fuck all the way off and arrest them instead. They were not going back to work. Now this is one of the most widely supported strikes I have ever seen. Like 80% of Canadians were on the unions side cause of that whole unpaid work thing. The feds were already in hot water for ordering the legislation (particularly by doing it not through Parliament) so they weren’t going to actually arrest people.

Air Canada immediately came back to the table and they reached an agreement within 7 hours. Including some ground pay. The Federal Government is looking into the claims of unpaid labour in the industry. They are going to struggle to ever use back-to-work legislation like that again.

Air Canada clearly thought the feds would break the strike and decided not to negotiate negating the point of a strike all together. The second that wasn’t an option they caved. Westjet’s contract is also up and I guarantee they won’t be playing games. This strike just revolutionized flight attendant compensation in Canada because CUPE stood strong. Labour rights are taken by force and must be protected just as strongly. Don’t let them erode.

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CUPE 3550 Day of Action by Paula Kirman

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“NIGHT IN LUV” 🖤

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Hundreds of thousands of parents and students should brace for more labour uncertainty in schools after unionized support staff are set to w

HERE WE GOOOOOOO

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