Possible strike at Air Canada: worried Acadian workers

Neo-Brunswickois travelers fear paying the work conflict between Air Canada and its on-board agents. This is the case of Acadian workers who make regular round trips with their workplace elsewhere in the country.

The Canadian Public Service Syndicate (SCFP) informed the air carrier that its members will strike on Saturday if no agreement in principle is concluded by then. Air Canada replied by issuing a lockout notice.

Marc Savoie, met Wednesday morning at Roméo -Leblanc International Airport in Grand Moncton, follows the situation closely. He works in Nunavut and takes Air Canada flights to shuttle between Moncton and his workplace twice a month.

Hopefully it will unlock soon. It takes flights. People who work outside, in the west, you must always have flights to be able to participatehe says.

If the strike paralyzes Air Canada’s activities, he will have to lead to Montreal whenever he returns to work in the Far North. A situation that would be far from ideal.

I thought it was easier by plane. It is no longer accumulation. You are lucky to sleep in Montreal, you rested when you arrive. There, the ten -hour drive, you come a little tired when you arrive. This is why it is important, even for the economy, just in general. It is very important to settle this situation.

Luc Savoie, who lives in Miramichi, is in the same boat.

It depends on Air Canada flights to return to New Brunswick. His schedule is as follows: 28 days of work in Nunavik, followed by 14 days off. He will have to drive in Montreal in two weeks if his flight is canceled.

I will have no choice. It’s going to be a little more expensive. Make it will be flat. It’s 11 hours of road certain. […] I will have to take a little bit more time to go, to go to work. Of course it will become a problem, certainhe said.

It is not only workers who will have to manage if the strike is triggered. This is also the case of students like Emeric Albert, who has to take an Air Canada flight in two weeks to go to Montreal.

It would not affect if it was canceled, it is certain that it would be flat. […] I would have to organize another transport, the train surely. Something like thathe said, recognizing.