Consultations?!?

Shouldn't it be a Crown inquiry into the #wagetheft and #exploitation of Canadians in the industry?

If the government is truly aware of the allegations, then they know the allegations go back AT LEAST as far as the Harper government... that means it spans decades... let's hear from every single one of them.

canada.ca/en/employment-social… #cdnpoli #polcan #unpaidwork #unpaidlabour #aircanada

Government of Canada launches consultations on unpaid work in the airline sector

Flight attendants play a critical role in keeping Canadian passengers and airline crew safe as they travel.

^{Employment and Social Development Canada (Government of Canada)}

Parliament next sits 15 Sept.: ourcommons.ca/en/sitting-calen…

The politicians assume #Canadians will have forgotten all about this in a month. We have in the past. Just like we historically do not require they publish and act on their "investigation" in corporate malfeasance - like required unpaid work.

#AirCanada, OTOH, is facing a class-action lawsuit because, as they always do, they mistreated passengers whose flights were cancelled, violating the law passed the *last* time they did this.

The Air Canada strike situation is an unmitigated disgrace.

First of all, getting no pay for mandatory work while the plane is on the ground is fucking insane, and it apparently being industry standard practice (which I had no idea of before today) makes it so much worse. Unions explicitly agreeing to it in the past doesn't make that any less true; I dearly hope those unions had damn good reasons at the time, because any union worth its salt would know that this is textbook wage theft, and sends the message that this type of labour is not valuable. A message that is, of course, a lie, because if it wasn't valuable it wouldn't be mandatory!

The other prong of this hellscape is that forcing people back to work should never be allowed, in any industry, in any context. Causing economic damage is precisely the purpose of strikes; that's what motivates the company to give the workers what they want. If the company is so big and central to the economy that a strike will significantly damage the entire economy, then that's not a reason to force people back to work; it's a reason to break up the company!

#airCanada #airCanadaStrike #airlines #antiTrust #business #canada #canPol #canPoli #CUPE #strike #union #unions #workers #workersRights

Didn't the Canadian public just give Air Canada $5.9B in a covid bailout the year before their execs got these salaries in 2022?

From Ben Thomson on X:
"Air Canada Executive salaries:
CEO M.Rousseau: $12.38 Million
CFO A.Kazzaz: $3.1 Million
COO C.Landry: $2.93 Million
CCO L.Guillemette: $2.74 Million
Exec VP A.Meloul-Wechsler: $2.0 Million

Full-time entry-level AC flight attendant earns LESS than minimum wage (27k/year before tax)

CEO makes 458x more than entry-level flight attendant

Time for AC executives to take a large pay cut"
#cdnpoli #AirCanada

Other arrangements could be made for Air Canada customers, this was an unnecessary move by the federal government.

"The Liberals are 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,” said CUPE Air Canada Component president Wesley Lesosky in the release."

#Women #AirCanada #Union
#Canada

ctvnews.ca/business/article/ai…

BREAKING: Jobs minister orders Air Canada flight attendants back to work

Air Canada flight attendants have officially begun their strike after failing to reach a deal with the airline, the Canadian Union of Public Employees announced Saturday morning.

^{CTVNews.ca Staff (CTVNews)}

Re Air Canada, this is not hard folks. If you work, you should get paid.

I stand w the flight attendants.

#AirCanada #unions

#AirCanada is proving it is run by scumbags who like their multi-million dollar salaries yet will lockout employees, cancel flights, etc. rather than simply pay its employees for ALL the time they are required to work for the company.

#boycottaircanada #cdnpoli #polcan #ocanada