In Alberta, the local union supports its Air Canada on -board agents

Outside Calgary Airport on Sunday, around 200 unionized workers brandishing strikes gathered to mark their support for Air Canada on -board agents. The airline, for its part, postponed the resumption of its flights until Monday evening.

The demonstration, organized by the Canadian Public Service Syndicate (SCFP) 4095 representing Air Canada on -board agents in Calgary, deplores a Federal government interference in the labor conflict.

The president of the Local 4095 section, Brittany Thomas, says that they are not forced to return to work.

We have the right to collective negotiationsshe said in front of a crowd of strikers.

Our employer must negotiate in good faith, come and meet us at the negotiating table, give us the opportunity to obtain a fair contract, take out our crew members from wage poverty and better pay ourselves for the time we spend at work.

We are ready to conclude an agreement. We want to conclude an agreement.

Air Canada had announced its intention to resume certain flights on Sunday, following the enforceable arbitration imposed by the federal government to end the work conflict.

Air Canada finally postponed its flights until Monday evening on Sunday, the union representing around 10,000 on -board agents having chosen to continue the strike despite the injunction of the federal government.

Saturday at Edmonton Airport

Before the announcement that the union was going to challenge the government’s order, a dozen union members also demonstrated in front of Edmonton airport.

Given that Edmonton Airport is not a base where Air Canada permanently parks its planes and staff, several of the on -board agents present in the Alberta capital are on -the -board officers on the basis of operations.

Christine Langelle, Air Canada ons for the past 30 years, traveling between Edmonton and Vancouver, wanted to go there with her colleagues to show a united front, across the country.

We wanted to come together here to demonstrate our support for our colleagues to the biggest bases [d’Air Canada].

Inside the airport, frustration and confusion to find different flights worry the passengers. A passenger who went to Newfoundland, Trina Swan, says that the experience with Air Canada staff went well.

People are only human beings, you cannot get angry with the staffshe said, explaining the help she received and her support for the on-board agents.

I cried, I had moments of anger when I came here, but I managed to get out. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

According to information from Nick Brizuela and Emily Fitzpatrick