The union, which represents Air Canada on -board agents, announces that an agreement in principle has been concluded with the employers’ part, so that the strike of its members ends.
Canadian press
The understanding in extremis between Air Canada and the SCFP shows that “the federal government and the management of Air Canada have underestimated us”, underestimated the union movement and underestimated the 10,000 on-board agents who “set foot on the ground,” said the president of the SCFP-Quebec, Patrick Gloutney.
The Canadian Public Service Syndicate, which is affiliated with FTQ in Quebec, represents Air Canada on -board agents.
They concluded an agreement in principle, early Tuesday morning, after the intervention of the Federal Minister of Employment, who imposed arbitration, which ended the conflict, and the intervention of the Canadian Industrial Relations Council, which had declared the illegal strike.
What made a principle of principle that could arise, in such a tense and avenue context? “We set off on the ground and we were respected as a union organization,” replied Monsieur Gloutney, in an interview.
Like the presidents of Central Centrals of Quebec, the president of the SCFP-Québec fears that other unions are undergoing the same treatment as on-board agents on the federal scene, with the new law in Quebec which limits the effects of strikes and lockout.
He criticizes the Legault government for having “wanted to go to war with us” with this new law.
