It’s been just over a year since CUPE’s Airline Division launched our campaign, Unpaid Work Won’t Fly, to end the abuse of unpaid work in the airline sector in Canada. Yesterday, we reached a major milestone in our campaign when NDP MP Bonita Zarrillo tabled the Unpaid Work Won’t Fly Act (Bill C-415) in the House of Commons.
Bill C-415 will ensure airlines are required under the Canada Labour Code to pay flight attendants for all our work at our full negotiated rate of pay.
There is absolutely no doubt: we would not have made it this far without the incredible enthusiasm from flight attendants and the incredible support from our friends and allies. It has been a long road, with strong advocacy from all our Airline Division presidents, and the struggle continues. But today, we are celebrating this huge victory, which belongs to all you – our members.
To show your support for Bill C-415, sign a letter to your MP today at UnpaidWorkWontFly.ca and add your voice.
In Solidarity,
Wesley Lesosky
President, Air Canada Component of CUPE