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Day of Mourning 2019

Dear members, In 2017, nearly 1,000 work-related deaths were recorded by government agencies. Every year, countless others suffer injury or illness because of their working conditions. Since April 28, 2018, CUPE has lost six members to workplace related fatalities: Xiaochun Luo, CUPE Local 500, Manitoba Rémy Brault, CUPE Local 4400, Ontario Sheldon Hackl, CUPE Local …

737 MAX Aircraft Update

Dear members, Yesterday the Union issued a bulletin in response to numerous questions about the tragic incident involving an Ethiopian Airlines 737Max-8 aircraft. To be clear, the intention was to provide some background information and to inform about the process and your rights – not to trivialize concerns. As an increasing number of government regulators …

The People’s Republic of China (PRC)

On January 14th, Global Affairs Canada advised that travellers to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) exercise a high degree of caution due to the risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws. To be clear, there has been no recommendation against travel to destinations in the PRC or any of its territories. That said, this …

New uniforms: questions and answers, where and how to raise concerns

With the launch of the new uniform, many of you have written to us with concerns. We would like to stress that such problems are normal during a large launch, and that most carriers make many changes to their uniform pieces following initial roll-out. This is a complicated process, since it requires taking into account …

1:50 Update and Refresher

Some of the information contained in this bulletin is specific to ACRouge, but much of it is relevant to both carriers and includes the important refresher on the differences between the two crew ratios that many of you have requested. Incapacitated flight attendant SOP differences between 1:50 and 1:40 Under 1:40 regulations an option exists to …