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Bill C-415 will ensure airlines are required under the Canada Labour Code to pay flight attendants for all their work at their full negotiated rate of pay. Right now, airlines typically only pay flight attendants when their plane is in motion, forcing them to do important safety checks, flight prep, and the entire boarding and deplaning process without compensation. Many flight attendants are also unpaid or only paid minimum wage for training which is unacceptable in an industry where workers are constantly needing to refresh and update their safety-related training.
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Canada's flight attendant union applauds NDP bill to end unpaid work in the airline sector
CUPE, the union representing 18,500 flight attendants nationwide, is applauding an NDP bill that would end the abuse of unpaid work in the airline sector. As it currently stands, most airlines in Canada only pay flight attendants when aircraft are in motion, leaving flight attendants performing an average of 35 hours of unpaid work every month, much of it safety-related.
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Air Canada flight attendants spend hours responding to bomb threat – unpaid!
The union representing Air Canada flight attendants says a recent bomb threat on a flight - and the fact that the flight attendants weren’t paid for most of the time they spent responding to and managing the ensuing panic - shows just how out-of-hand the abuse of unpaid work is in the airline industry.
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Air Canada’s financial success built on the unpaid labour of its flight attendants
Air Canada recently released its annual report and held a shareholders meeting where they boasted of their current financial success. The Air Canada Component of CUPE, which represents more than 10,000 flight attendants with Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, noted that the report failed to mention the amount of unpaid labour that the company’s flight attendants are currently required to do and the role that this unpaid labour has played in its financial success.