days until our Collective Agreement expires, we are preparing, we are united and we will make change.

Webinar: The Emotional Effects of Retirement

We are pleased to offer to our members the opportunity to attend a webinar presented by Lakshmi Sundaram, entitled The Emotional Effects of Retirement.  This webinar will take place:
– in English on May 19, 2020 from 12pm – 1pm EDT; and
– in French on May 19, 2020 from 2pm – 3pm EDT.

Planning to retire can be a source of both excitement and anxiety. Whatever the emotional response, retirement marks a transition to a new life stage and lifestyle in which daily routines, identity, and roles all change. This session will introduce participants to the emotional effects of retirement. Participants will get an opportunity to reflect on what their ideal retirement looks like and what they can do to make it happen.

To register, please email contact@accomponent.ca. In your email please include your full name and employee number and indicate whether you are registering for the English session OR the French session.  If you do not indicate a language, you will be registered for the English session by default.

We have a limit of 50 participants for each session on a first-come, first served basis. You will receive login information for the online session once you are registered.

Lakshmi Sundaram is a bilingual counsellor, lecturer, mindfulness coach and freelance workshop facilitator. She is also a well-known communicatrice and media personality having appeared on numerous television, radio and print platforms. Lakshmi works in private practice in Ottawa and offers nature based, equine facilitated and mindful cooking and eating workshops from her farm in Gatineau Québec.

Wishing you all the best,

Mary Keough
Chair, Component EAP Committee

Surplus Update 15

Today your Local Offices and Component Officers have received multiple concerns raised with regards to the May 15th payment for those on the CEWS program.

The Company has reviewed this, and we have heard back that there was a mistake for a significant number of members. From what the Union has seen, this has primarily affected those that had scheduled vacation during the April 2020 block month.  The company is hopeful the correction will be made in time for Friday’s pay date.

We completely appreciate the stress this has caused many of you, once we were made aware, we reached out and alerted the employer who immediately looked into the error.

If you have any concerns once you have received your pay on Friday, please advise Crew Planning.

In solidarity,

PBS Training Bid and Award

(This applies to Air Canada Mainline only)

*The information in this bulletin is subject to change.
Please refer to the official information from the Cabin Crew Training team.*

Training Bid Open:                 MAY 12 @ 0800 EST
Training Bid Close:                 MAY 15 @ 0800 EST
Training Award Publish:        MAY 18 @ 2300 EST

Please refer to the COVID-19 Training June – ENG on ACaeronet under >Cabin Crew Training

>Training Bulletins for the latest information.

  • Cabin crew due for ART in March, requiring Requalification, SPIN or the A220 Aircraft Type Training, will be able to attend training in June.
  • If your qualification was to expire in April, May or June, your training will be rescheduled as soon as possible starting in July.
  • Tempus training is temporary suspended until further notice.

DON’T FORGET TO COVER YOURSELF WITH ADEQUATE CHOICES!!!

For more information on bidding with PBS please contact your local PBS Representative
YUL:  spp.pbs4091@gmail.com
YYZ:  pbsyyz@gmail.com
YYC:  pbs@local4095.ca
YVR:  pbs@local4094.ca

Click HERE for a printable, and downloadable, version of this bulletin.

REFERENDUM VOTE – RESULTS

The voting has closed for the 2020 Referendum on Union dues and the results are as follows:

Referendum Question:
Due to the exceptional financial impact COVID-19 is having on our membership, do you agree with a temporary reduction in Union Dues to 0.5% of gross income for the April 2020 and May 2020 block months?  YES

If you participated in this vote, you were issued an anonymous voting receipt code (accessible only online). The results & breakdown will be published to the Air Canada Component of CUPE voting website https://accomponent.simplyvoting.com for viewing, and a spreadsheet of vote data will be made available for download to track your receipt.

We thank all of the members who exercised their right to vote.

In Solidarity,

Your Component Tabulating Committee