Due to the overwhelming desire from many members to join these sessions, Service Canada has scheduled two additional English information sessions regarding the Employment Insurance (EI) Program.  These sessions will cover how to sign up for EI as well as a Q & A period.  Each session will be 1 hour in length.

To register for one of the sessions please email contact@accomponent.ca with your full name, your base, your employee number, and the date of the session you want to attend.  The schedule is listed below.  These sessions are open to all members, at all bases, of both Mainline and Rouge.

To allow as many members as possible to benefit from these sessions, if you have already registered for one of the previous sessions, you will be unable to register for these additional dates.

These sessions will be held via Zoom.  Login information for each session will be sent to those who have registered. There is a maximum of 125 participants per session and the spots will be given out on a first come, first serve basis.

In solidarity,

The Company has completed the mitigation process and will send out the resulting layoff notices. Please check your Air Canada emails. The results for this round of mitigations are as follows:

Following the Mitigation Program, the resulting layoff was 804 Mainline Members. Layoff Notices will be sent to your Air Canada email. We encourage you to reference the layoff notice you receive for any questions regarding the layoff process, benefits, and the returning of your company issued items.

Please be mindful that the numbers quoted above refer to active and inactive members. The most junior member to remain active at mainline has seniority #10315 (2020 Seniority Number).

For those of you awarded an RBP, please be mindful that bidding closes on Wednesday night, so you may wish to adjust your bid based on your reduced blocking window.

Each round of layoffs has been difficult to process and the results of this round are especially so as our active membership has reached a record low, both in numbers and moral.  We are hopeful these layoffs will be temporary, but that does not minimize the impact on those of you affected. Your Union will continue to be here for you.  Please do not hesitate to reach out if you are in need.

In solidarity,

UPDATE – The Service Canada information sessions regarding the Employment Insurance (EI) Program on Monday, February 15th and Tuesday, February 16th are now FULL.  Login information has already been sent out to those that have secured one of the available spots.  If you did not receive an email with the login information it unfortunately means that all of the spots were filled before we received your email.

Due to the overwhelming desire from many to join these sessions, we have reached out to request further English sessions and will advise when we have dates and times.

There are still some spots left for the session on Wednesday, February 17th at 12pm EST.  Please note that this session will be conducted in French.  The session will cover how to sign up for EI as well as a Q & A period and will be 1 hour in length.

To register for the February 17th French session, please email contact@accomponent.ca with your full name, your base, and your employee number.  This session is open to all members, at all bases, of both Mainline and Rouge.

The session will be held via Zoom.  Login information will be sent to those who have registered.  There is a maximum of 125 participants and the spots will be given out on a first come, first served basis.

In solidarity,

Next week Service Canada will be holding three information sessions regarding the Employment Insurance (EI) Program.  The sessions will cover how to sign up for EI as well as a Q & A period.  Each session will be 1 hour in length and will take place at 12pm EST on Monday and Tuesday, in English, and at 12pm EST on Wednesday, in French.

To register for one of the sessions please email contact@accomponent.ca with your full name, your base, your employee number, and the date of the session you want to attend.  The schedule is listed below.  These sessions are open to all members, at all bases, of both Mainline and Rouge.

These sessions will be held via Zoom.  Login information for each session will be sent to those who have registered.  There is a maximum of 125 participants per session and the spots will be given out on a first come, first serve basis.

In solidarity,