Back to the Board for FA's at Canadian!
May 23, 2000, 7:02 am
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Back to the Board for FA's at Canadian!
The Union representing Canadian Airlines flight attendants filed an application with the Canadian Industrial Relations Board on Friday, May 19th to seek a declaration that Canadian Airlines International and Air Canada be deemed one single employer operating one airline.
"Robert Milton has reiterated over and over that he will keep us apart for years, to the tune of $130 million dollars a year in projected productivity losses, until the unions agree to merge, said Terry Twentyman, President of the Canadian Component of the Airline Division of CUPE. "Our CUPE counterparts at Air Canada have refused to come to the table to talk about a process for seniority integration and we have waited long enough", said Twentyman in response to why the Complaint was filed at this point in time.
The Canadian Component of the Airline Division of CUPE represents 3500 flight attendants. The Airline Division of CUPE also represents flight attendants from Air Canada, Air Transat, Canadian Regional, Air Ontario, Air Nova, First Air, Calm Air, Cathay Pacific and Royal.
This is the second time the Canadian flight attendants have been in front of the Board. Earlier this month, they filed an unfair labour practice complaint as a result of a special leave program that cherry-picked junior language-qualified flight attendants from Canadian to Air Canada to address a shortage of flight attendants at Air Canada and a surplus at Canadian. The surplus/shortage was due to the consolidation and reallocation of routes from one company to another. These Canadian Flight Attendants were then trained as "new hires" and placed at the bottom of the Air Canada seniority list prior to a determination of seniority integration between the two groups.
"Milton has been very vocal about his core employees being potentially disadvantaged by a date of hire seniority integration. But there have been many merges in the Canadian Airline Industry since the late eighties and all have resulted in "date of hire" seniority integrations." says Twentyman. "The government made the decision to deregulate the industry and this resulted in many companies being forced to merge in order to survive. The government has now stepped in again to permit these two international airlines to come together as one. This merge is no exception to the rule and has been contemplated for years. It is time that we accept our fate, take that final step and move on to become one of the top airlines in the world".
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"Robert Milton has reiterated over and over that he will keep us apart for years, to the tune of $130 million dollars a year in projected productivity losses, until the unions agree to merge, said Terry Twentyman, President of the Canadian Component of the Airline Division of CUPE. "Our CUPE counterparts at Air Canada have refused to come to the table to talk about a process for seniority integration and we have waited long enough", said Twentyman in response to why the Complaint was filed at this point in time.
The Canadian Component of the Airline Division of CUPE represents 3500 flight attendants. The Airline Division of CUPE also represents flight attendants from Air Canada, Air Transat, Canadian Regional, Air Ontario, Air Nova, First Air, Calm Air, Cathay Pacific and Royal.
This is the second time the Canadian flight attendants have been in front of the Board. Earlier this month, they filed an unfair labour practice complaint as a result of a special leave program that cherry-picked junior language-qualified flight attendants from Canadian to Air Canada to address a shortage of flight attendants at Air Canada and a surplus at Canadian. The surplus/shortage was due to the consolidation and reallocation of routes from one company to another. These Canadian Flight Attendants were then trained as "new hires" and placed at the bottom of the Air Canada seniority list prior to a determination of seniority integration between the two groups.
"Milton has been very vocal about his core employees being potentially disadvantaged by a date of hire seniority integration. But there have been many merges in the Canadian Airline Industry since the late eighties and all have resulted in "date of hire" seniority integrations." says Twentyman. "The government made the decision to deregulate the industry and this resulted in many companies being forced to merge in order to survive. The government has now stepped in again to permit these two international airlines to come together as one. This merge is no exception to the rule and has been contemplated for years. It is time that we accept our fate, take that final step and move on to become one of the top airlines in the world".
http://dowjones.wsj.com/archive/gx.c...er=display-d2h
