In the wee small hours of the morning, the Alberta legislature passed a bill that preemptively invoked the notwithstanding clause, ordering striking teachers back to work, and imposing on them a contract they had already rejected. Today, by coincidence, the Senate's Transport and Communications committee began a study of strikes in the transport sector. Since we had two great expert witnesses before us - labour lawyer Paul Champ and business professor Ian Lee - I seized the opportunity to ask what precedent Danielle Smith's bill might set. https://youtu.be/oKSYDrSCx8U?si=ItXTHkQemJOqZLSW #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #ableg #abpoli #ATA #AirCanada #Alberta #DanielleSmith

In the wee small hours of the morning, the Alberta legislature passed a bill that preemptively invoked the notwithstanding clause, ordering striking teachers back to work, and imposing on them a contract they had already rejected. Today, by coincidence, the Senate's Transport and Communications committee began a study of strikes in the transport sector. Since we had two great expert witnesses before us - labour lawyer Paul Champ and business professor Ian Lee - I seized the opportunity to ask what precedent Danielle Smith's bill might set. https://youtu.be/oKSYDrSCx8U?si=ItXTHkQemJOqZLSW #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #ableg #abpoli #ATA #AirCanada #Alberta #DanielleSmith

Air Canada flight attendants massively reject wage offer, union says.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/air-canada-flight-attendants-massively-reject-wage-offer-union-says/

#canada #aircanada

“Unpaid work is over”: Canadian flight attendants reach tentative agreement with airline.

Air Canada flight attendants win ground pay after four-day strike after workers condemn government’s back-to-work order as violation of their rights.

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/08/20/unpaid-work-is-over-canadian-flight-attendants-reach-tentative-agreement-with-airline/

#canada #cdnpoli #aircanada

Air Canada, union reach deal, forcing travelers to fly Air Canada again

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/08/air-canada-union-reach-deal-forcing-travelers-to-fly-air-canada-again/
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Air Canada et leur syndicat ont une entente, obligeant les voyageurs à voler avec Air Canada à nouveau

// Publication en anglais //

#Canada#AirCanada#Satire

Air Canada, union reach deal, forcing travelers to fly Air Canada again

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/08/air-canada-union-reach-deal-forcing-travelers-to-fly-air-canada-again/
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Air Canada et leur syndicat ont une entente, obligeant les voyageurs à voler avec Air Canada à nouveau

// Publication en anglais //

#Canada#AirCanada#Satire

CUPE sues government to block 'unconstitutional' power used to end flight attendant strike; The union accused Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu of undermining the flight attendants’ constitutional right to strike.

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/cupe-sues-government-to-block-unconstitutional-power-used-to-end-flight-attendant-strike

#canada #cdnpoli #aircanada #strike

As Air Canada flight attendants strike over wages and unpaid work, the company and union remain far apart and the path forward is unclear. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/19/companies/air-canada-ceo-union-pay-probe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #aircanada #airlines #union

As someone with a forthcoming #AirCanada flight, I get why the government is so keen to get things moving again ASAP.

But the way to do that is by putting pressure on the company to meet worker demands NOT by forcing workers to concede to executive demands.

As someone with a forthcoming #AirCanada flight, I get why the government is so keen to get things moving again ASAP.

But the way to do that is by putting pressure on the company to meet worker demands NOT by forcing workers to concede to executive demands.

Air Canada's striking flight attendants on Sunday refused a government-backed labor board's order to return to work, forcing the airline to delay restarting its operations and leaving its passengers in limbo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/18/companies/strike-air-canada-back-to-work-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #aircanada #unions #canada #airlines

Unpaid labour you are required to give your employer to keep your position is straight up exploitation. It’s very simple and should not be allowed under any circumstances. If a business or industry claims it just can’t make ends meet without exploiting its workers, then our answer should be the same as when southern plantation owners made the same ‘economic’ argument.

#WorkersRights#AirCanada#Strike

Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/air-canada-flights-sunday-1.7611078

#canada #cdnpoli #aircanada #strike

In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/cupe-former-air-canada-counsel-to-decide-whether-to-end-cupe-air-canada-dispute-in-clear-conflict-of-interest

#canada #cdnpoli #aircanada #strike

Full-time junior Air Canada flight attendants currently earn $1,952 a month before taxes. That’s slightly over $12/hr. Meanwhile, Air Canada did $22 billion in revenue & $3.6 billion in EBITDA last year.

And people seriously want to blame stranded passengers on flight attendants who don’t want to work for free?

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Travel/air-canada-cancellations-flight-attendant-strike-looms/story?id=124672386

#canada #cdnpoli #aircanada #strike

new rule: if a country's government steps in to break up a strike then the company's execs don't get any pay raises or bonuses for n years. maybe freeze their stock sales and block the company's buybacks too

#airCanada

The right to strike is meaningless if the government orders binding arbitration and back to work every time a strike becomes ‘disruptive’ … disruption is the point of a strike - it’s how labour action works - not allowing it undermines workers.

As a result of this readiness to jump to intervention, government is encouraging CEOs to push workers toward strikes rather than negotiating in good faith.

#CdnPoli#ABPoli#AirCanada#Strike