DAYS SINCE WE BEGAN THE BARGAINING PROCESS. WE ARE UNITED AND WE WILL MAKE CHANGE.

Air Canada Component Trustees’ Audit Report & Secretary-Treasurer’s Response for the Audit Period July 1, 2018 – June 30, 2019

Lisa Raymond on April 10, 2026

In conjunction with the Secretary-Treasurer report, this report is to create an awareness of the Component’s finances, so that all members can know and understand how their dues are spent and if any improvements could be made.

Every year, two audits must be conducted on the Component’s financial books.  One audit is done by professional auditors, who ensure accounting procedures are properly followed.  For this period, chartered accountants Resnick Partnership LLP were the auditors. (Please see attached Independent Auditors Report)

The other audit, done by Component Trustees, is to make sure the Secretary-Treasurer complies with the rules and responsibilities set out by the CUPE Constitution, the Airline Division Bylaws and the Component Bylaws. To be more specific, the most important duty of any Secretary-Treasurer is to ensure all income owed to the Local(s) or Component is collected and properly spent.

This means ensuring that:
∙ Funds are spent the way the members and the bylaws intended.
∙ Financial mismanagement can be detected and reported.

Everyone who is an Air Canada Mainline and Air Canada Rouge CUPE member pays union dues without exceptions.

Air Canada deducts our union dues (1.5% of gross income) every month from our pay, and hands over the funds to the Component.  In 2019, the year we are auditing, $5,942387 million was collected in union dues.  The Component Finance Administrator divides these funds into three parts: dues remitted to each local, a per capita to CUPE National and the remaining funds left at the Component.  A motion was passed unanimously in this fiscal year to readjust dues to be remitted to each local: each local received $3,250 base amount plus $8.00 per dues paying member.  For the smaller Locals, with less than 1000 members, were remitted an additional $3,000 a month.

CUPE National receives $18.09 from every member with the remainder going to the Component.  To illustrate this: if $60.00 is deducted in union dues from a member, $8.00 would go to their Local, $18.09625 would go to CUPE National, and the remainder, approximately $33.91, stays at Component.

The Component also sends $0.10 cents for every member to the Airline Division of CUPE.

Our role as Trustees is to make sure that each Local and CUPE National gets their portion of funds, and the dues used by the Component are spent by the guiding rules of the CUPE Constitution, the Component Bylaws, Component Expense Policy and by you, the membership.

We met January 19th to the 22nd, 2026, to complete this audit.

To avoid confusion and provide greater clarity, we will state names when needed.  For the year we are auditing, Wesley Lesosky (July 1, 2018 – January 31, 2019) and Alex Habib (February 1, 2019 – June 30, 2019) were the Component Secretary-Treasurers for their respective time period.

As in every report, we have recommendations which we hope ACCEX (Air Canada Component Executive) will consider and adopt. We would like to mention that QuickBooks was the accounting software used by the Component Secretary-Treasurers.

Both Air Canada Mainline and Air Canada Rouge members will receive this report and we hope that all members will take some time to read it. We are available to answer any questions regarding this report at any ACCEX or local meeting, if invited as Component Trustees.

Regards,

Ana Selke                         Nicole Brice                          Marc Roumy
ana@accomponent.ca     nicole@acccomponent.ca    marc@accomponent.ca

Click HERE to view the Trustees’ Report.

Cliquez ICI pour consulter le rapport des syndics.

Click HERE to view the Secretary-Treasurer’s Response.

Cliquez ICI pour consulter la réponse du secrétaire-trésorier.

Local 4092 Vice President & Trustee Vacancy Election – VOTE OPENED TODAY

Lisa Raymond on April 7, 2026

(This applies to Local 4092 members only)

The Local 4092 Vice President & Trustee Vacancy Election began at 9:00 am EDT today, April 7, 2026, and will close at 12:00 pm noon EDT on April 17, 2026.

The candidates running for the one (1) vacant Local 4092 Vice President position are:

  • Tamara Di Maddalena
  • Katerina Evdoxiadis
  • Yuliya Milcheva
  • Chanelle Serra

Please note: Merav Richter has withdrawn their candidacy.

The candidates running for the one (1) vacant Local 4092 Trustee position are:

  • Ravjot Kaur Sandhu
  • Mervin Mascarenhas

IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ CAREFULLY: You should have received a message directly from Simply Voting prior to the vote opening. This message contained a new Elector ID and Password, along with detailed instructions on how to vote online and by telephone. Please note that the telephone number for phone voting has changed. The new number can be found in the message you received from Simply Voting.

If you have not received the message from Simply Voting, please email us at vote@accomponent.ca. Please include ALL of the following information: your full name, your employee number, your local number, your telephone number, your mailing address, and your email address.

You have the option of voting by web, or by phone, as per Component Bylaws. You will need your new Elector ID and Password to access the system.

Once you have submitted your vote, the Simply Voting system will issue a printable electronic receipt. If you are voting by phone, you can only access your electronic receipt by logging into the Simply Voting system online.

If you are experiencing difficulties registering your vote, please email vote@accomponent.ca or call 1-877-411-3552, extension 254 or (416) 798-3399, extension 254. Please provide us with your name, employee number, local number, phone number, email address, and postal code. Emailing will ensure the fastest response. We kindly ask that you do not send multiple requests, as this slows down our ability to respond. We will get back to you as quickly as possible during business hours (weekdays 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. EDT); however, please allow up to 1 business day for a response.

We ask that everyone click HERE to review the Election Guidelines. These guidelines pertain to the entire membership.

In Solidarity,

Your Component Tabulating Committee

Narita Layover – Reimbursement for Transportation

Lisa Raymond on April 2, 2026

Members have reached out to the Union to report a recent change to the long-standing practice of reimbursement for transportation under Appendix XV in Narita. The employer did not put the Union on notice, nor advise of this sudden change.

Your Component Hotel Committee has confirmed with Crew Administration that, should the hotel bus be full, crew members will be accommodated with taxi service paid for by the hotel. This applies to both departures and returns to the hotel.  There is no need to pay and claim this.

Process at the Hotel: If the shuttle is full upon departure, crew members are to notify the front desk or bell captain immediately. The hotel will arrange a taxi and handle the payment directly.

Process from the Mall / Local Area: If the crew is unable to board the return shuttle due to capacity, contact the hotel front desk. The hotel will either dispatch a taxi or authorize the crew to take one, with the hotel settling the fare upon arrival.

As per Point 3 of Appendix XV, cabin personnel laying over in Narita will continue to be able to claim, upon submitting a receipt (this includes any train, subway tickets), to cover the cost of transportation to downtown Tokyo and return, up to a maximum of $50.

As a reminder, any hotel or layover transportation concerns are to be addressed through CrewCare.

In Solidarity,

Melinda Allen & Karen Pritchard
Co-Chairs, Component Hotel Committee