More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants will proceed their strike regardless of back-to-work orders from the Canadian authorities, the Air Canada part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees mentioned Sunday.
“At this time, you are still on Strike and Locked out! Please remember while we are locked out there is no obligation to be in contact with the employer, no responsibility to check Globe or your work email or to contact them for reassignment or reserve duties,” the union wrote in a committee update.
The determination to remain on strike defies the Canadian Jobs Minister’s determination to intervene utilizing Section 107 of the Canada Labor Code. On Saturday, Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu instructed the Canadian Labor Relations Board (CLRB) to order Air Canada and its workers to “resume and continue their operations and duties in order to secure industrial peace and protect the interests of Canada, Canadians and the economy.”
Air Canada had requested on Tuesday that the federal government intervene utilizing the availability, which permits the minister to direct an arbitrator to intervene within the dispute, the Canadian Union of Public Employees mentioned Friday in a statement.
On Sunday, Air Canada mentioned in an announcement that it could restart flights.
Members of the Air Canada part of CUPE voted 99.7% in favor of the strike final week and walked out round 1 a.m. ET on Saturday. The employees are looking for wage will increase and paid compensation for work when planes are grounded.
On Saturday, Wesley Lesosky, president of the Air Canada part of CUPE, mentioned the Canadian authorities was “violating our Charter rights to take job action and give Air Canada exactly what they want – hours and hours of unpaid labour from underpaid flight attendants, while the company pulls in sky-high profits and extraordinary executive compensation.”
Air Canada has mentioned it supplied a 38% enhance in whole compensation over 4 years and an hourly increase of 12% to 16% within the first 12 months.
Hajdu denied that the Canadian authorities is anti-union, including that it was clear Air Canada and union employees have been “at an impasse” and “they need some help in arbitrating the final items.”
NCS’s Paula Newton contributed to this report.