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Westjet backs off unpopular cabin changes

CUPE 8125, representing over 4,700 cabin crew members at WestJet and Encore, acknowledges WestJet’s decision to reverse the universally unpopular new 28-inch-pitch seat configuration. This pause follows significant concern from both employees and guests regarding the operational impacts and overall experience resulting from the denser cabin layout.

Privatization

Contracting out and public-private partnerships are risky and expensive. They make our public services less accountable to the communities they serve. With privatization, costs rise, quality suffers, and local control is weakened.

Liberals reward Air Canada's refusal to bargain fairly by crushing flight attendants' Charter rights

Air Canada asked the government to crush underpaid flight attendants’ Charter rights, and Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu only waited a few hours to deliver. The Liberal government has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to end a strike by Air Canada flight attendants fighting to end unpaid work and poverty wages.

International Flight Attendant Day

Every year on May 31, CUPE celebrates International Flight Attendant Day to recognize the work flight attendants do around the world every day to keep the public safe in the air and on the ground. It’s also an opportunity to celebrate the progress we’ve made as a union to make our jobs safer and make life better for our members.

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UCP introduces private, for-profit hospitals

A bill before the Alberta Legislature will, if passed, allow for the operation and funding of hospitals by private, for-profit entities.

Will Mark Carney continue the Liberals’ pro-privatization agenda?

Before leaving office, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set in motion several privatization projects, hoping his successor will carry them forward. Here’s some of what Justin Trudeau is hoping Mark Carney and the Liberals will see through if they are re-elected later this month.

Wesley Lesosky - Leading the fight for flight attendants' rights

Wesley Lesosky has been a steadfast advocate for flight attendants’ rights, currently serving his third term as president of CUPE’s Air Canada Component. He is also president of CUPE’s Airline Division, representing over 18,500 flight attendants across ten airlines, leading efforts to secure fair treatment and safer working conditions for all workers in the sector.

Report a fume event

CUPE and the Airline Division of CUPE (ADCUPE) is partnering with the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE) to bring the membership access to the Global Cabin Air Reporting System (GCARS).

P3 transit projects expose failures of privatization

Public transit is key to healthy communities. But governments are letting corporations profit from this essential service. This new backgrounder explains why privatized transit projects have failed, and what it means for other privatization schemes.

Canada Pension Plan embroiled in long-term care fiasco

The people responsible for safeguarding the retirement savings of 22 million Canadian workers lost more than $500 million investing in scandal-plagued Orpea, the largest for-profit long-term care company in Europe, as revealed in a report released today.