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

AC Life Insurance Company

Air Canada has announced their intent to establish a new insurance company called AC Life Insurance Company, an initiative to further de-risk the Air Canada sponsored DB pension plans.  It is a fairly complicated proposal and we are carefully considering how it could impact our plan members’ pension. Our pension lawyer, actuary consultant, CUPE National …

Reserve – Voluntary Extension – 100 Hours

Dear members, The Union was made aware in late June that the Company was denying 100 hour bid requests from members on reserve, when it involved a pairing that overlapped into reserve days the following month. As a follow up to our bulletin “Reserve Committee Update – Call-In Reserve” sent on July 5, 2018, I …

Commission Payments for Rouge to Mainline Flow Through

Dear Members, This bulletin is to inform all Rouge to Mainline Flow Through members that the Company has settled a grievance filed by your Union to ensure proper payment of the following: Duty Free Commission On Board Commission for Buy on Board products  The Company has confirmed that the retroactive payment was applied to all …

737MAX Aircraft

Dear members, As the 737MAX deliveries continue, many of you have had the experience of operating this new aircraft. There is always a “teething” period when a new aircraft model arrives, and yet this time around our members may find the challenges particularly daunting. It is important that our members know that the Union has …

737 Max Aircraft

Dear members, As the 737MAX deliveries continue, many of you have had the experience of operating this new aircraft. There is always a “teething” period when a new aircraft model arrives, and yet this time around our members may find the challenges particularly daunting. It is important that our members know that the Union has …