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Air Canada is posting billions in profits while flight attendants are forced to work for free. Now, they’re relying on the Liberal government to trample workers’ rights and legislate flight attendants back to work. We refuse. Enter your postal code to find your nearest event and show Air Canada — and the government — that workers […]

New polling conducted by Abacus Data confirms that nearly 9-in-10 Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants’ fight for fair pay – and they want the federal government to back off and let them negotiate it freely and fairly. 88% per cent of Canadians believe flight attendants should be paid for all work-related duties including boarding, delays,

Air Canada wants to reinforce the gender wage gap by forcing Air Canada flight attendants – 70% of whom identify as women – to accept a wage offer less than one-third what Air Canada offered its pilots less than a year ago. “Air Canada’s male-dominated workforce received a significant cost-of-living wage increase. Why not the flight

The Air Canada Component of CUPE has issued a 72-hour strike notice to Air Canada after the airline refused to recognize that flight attendants should be paid for all their time on the job. Air Canada responded by issuing a 72-hour lockout notice. “For the past nine months, we have put forward solid, data-driven proposals on

After ten weeks of walking the picket line, the 25 members of CUPE 5525 Villa Colombo Supportive Housing are finally returning to work. The workers had been on strike since May 28. The union and the employer reached a tentative agreement on Friday, August 1, with the union members ratifying the vote with over a 94%

CUPE National President Mark Hancock has joined leaders of three other national unions in calling on Prime Minister Carney and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand to take immediate action to end the genocide in Gaza. The letter calls on Canada to take immediate steps to ensure Israeli authorities stop blocking access to aid as Gaza teeters

After months of negotiations, outside workers for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) have voted “yes” to strike action. Late last week, CUPE 759 members held a strike vote, with 96% of votes in favour of possible job action. “As we have shown our employer in the past, our members are ready to fight for what

The Air Canada Component of CUPE, the union representing over 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, says its members have voted 99.7% in favour of strike action, if necessary. The vote reflects the deep frustration of flight attendants after months of negotiations without result, due to the airline’s refusal to fairly negotiate

As negotiations between CUPE 5525 and Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged continued on Friday, the picket line in front of 3050 Dufferin Street was reinforced by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU). Council president Michael Hurley and CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Yolanda McClean joined the members for a late morning rally. “These workers have been

Over one hundred CUPE members from around the GTA gathered outside the Villa Charities-owned property at the corner of Dufferin and Lawrence Avenue West in Toronto to bolster the picket line of CUPE 5525. The 25 members of CUPE 5525 have been on strike since May 28 after negotiations to secure their first collective agreement