According to the Canadian Public Service Syndicate (SCFP), Air Canada refuses to sign an agreement so that the on -board agents who left for the start of the strike can bring the planes with the passengers and that they are on strike once returned to their assignment base.
Without the agreement, on -board agents and certain passengers would be trapped at their destination and the pilots could then be forced to bring back empty aircraft.
“What the union proposes is to bring back full planes, with passengers, to operate normally and to be on strike once returned to their base, for example Montreal or Toronto, and get on strike once, like that, it could prevent passengers be trapped at their destination, at least a game,” said a SCFP spokesperson.
Suspended travel privileges
In response to Air Canada on -board agents who intend to trigger a strike on Saturday, the employer also decided to immediately prohibit all trips to on -board agents and pilots, leaving several employees in plan, some before canceling a long -standing planned vacation, the Canadian news agency of a good source said, which asked for anonymity.
The information was confirmed by the union. “The company has suspended all travel privileges for all employees, including the pilots,” said a SCFP spokesperson. The union sees it “a way of dividing the staff”.
Usually, as is the standard for other airlines, Air Canada on-board agents benefit from benefits related to travel, including derisory prices for themselves and their immediate families.
The ban on these trips will be in force until August 22, indicates an internal note of Air Canada sent to on -board agents on Wednesday.
“Despite eight months of good faith negotiations, which included the help of federal conciliators, and an offer to resort to enforceable arbitration, we have not been able to conclude an agreement in principle with the union. On August 11, we filed with the union a revised global regulation. The SCFP reacted by giving a strike notice that could start on August 16, ”read the internal note of Air Canada.
The decision to prohibit trips has aroused discontent from on -board agents who claim that it is not a “good faith negotiation”.
