In his first public outing since the explosion of the labor conflict between Air Canada and his on -board agents, Mark Carney admitted on Monday that workers had to be remunerated “in a fair and just” and exhorted the two parties to get out of the dead end.
“We fully recognize the essential role played by on -board agents to ensure the safety and comfort of Canadians and their families during their trips. It is important that they are paid fair and just at all times, “said the Prime Minister between two meetings at his parliament office.
He judges “disappointing” that the long negotiations started eight months ago between the union and the employer led to this “dead end”, which generates significant losses for the company and upsets the transport plans of hundreds of thousands of people.
“I urge both parties to solve this problem as quickly as possible and the minister [du Travail, Patty] Hajdu will have more to say about it, “he added.
Minister Hajdu ordered article 107 of the Labor Code on Saturday, just hours after the strike mandate starts and then the lockout overnight.
This provision makes it possible to refer the file to the Canadian Council for Industrial Relations (CCRI), which in return ordered a return and work from noon today as well as an enforceable arbitration.
On Monday, the CCRI qualified the illegal strike, but the Canadian Public Service Syndicate (SCFP) is on all stands to announce that it challenged the return to work imposed today.
Since the strike could come at a cost for on -board agents. However, the SCFP has notified that it would absorb any sanctions in order to continue the strike movement.
The union also denounces a conflict of interest in this case: the president of the CCRI, Maryse Tremblay, is a former employee of legal affairs of Air Canada.
“The SCFP demanded that Maryse Tremblay rejects herself in this case, but she refused and will chair hearings anyway,” said the organization.
Air Canada on -board agents are invited to a zoom meeting with their union this evening at 7 p.m.
