{"id":2198,"date":"2014-03-09T09:43:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T09:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2014-03-09T09:43:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T09:43:21","slug":"secure-aviation-transport-local-lodge-16-united-airlines-pull-out-of-canada-outsources-canadian-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=2198","title":{"rendered":"SECURE AVIATION TRANSPORT LOCAL LODGE 16 – United Airlines Pull Out of Canada \u2013 Outsources Canadian Operations!"},"content":{"rendered":"

United Airlines Pull Out of Canada \u2013 Outsources Canadian Operations!<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Vancouver, BC \u2013 United Airlines is pulling out of Canada and will outsource its Canadian operations effective May 1, 2014.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis move is absolutely disgusting,\u201d declared an angry IAM District Lodge 140 President and Directing Chairperson Fred Hospes. \u201cThese people took concessions to keep this airline airborne and this is how they\u2019re repaid. We\u2019ll do whatever it takes to protect our members and their rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

United said the move is a result of the Company\u2019s continuing efforts to ensure its competitiveness in the international airline industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe IAM has been bargaining in good faith with United Airlines to reach a revised collective agreement for our members in Vancouver and Calgary for the past nine months and not once did the airline raise the issue of subcontracting the operation at the bargaining table,\u201d explained IAM District Lodge 140 General Chairperson Tania Canniff. \u201cThese workers are devastated and shocked at the level of contempt they experience from their own employer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement affects both ticket agents and ground handling personnel \u2013 85 members of IAM Local Lodge 764 in Vancouver and 58 members of IAM Local Lodge 2734 in Calgary. Under the collective agreement, the company must provide the Union with at least ninety (90) days\u2019 notice of any decision to contract out any or all of the work of the Bargaining Unit or to discontinue operations. The agreement also states the Company must provide the Union with all relevant financial and costing documentation and meet with the Union to review viable alternatives which the Union may wish to propose to maintain the work within the Bargaining unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a clear violation of our collective agreement and we\u2019re going to challenge the Company\u2019s decision to outsource our work,\u201d said Hospes. The IAM is the largest union in Canada\u2019s Air Transport Sector.<\/p>\n

For further information:<\/p>\n

Fred Hospes \u2013 IAM District Lodge 140 President and Directing General Chairperson<\/p>\n

604-448-0721<\/a>\/778-829-8140<\/a><\/div>\n

Tania Canniff \u2013 IAM District Lodge 140 General Chairperson<\/p>\n

604-448-0721<\/a>\/778-319-4140<\/a><\/div>\n

Bill Trbovich \u2013 IAM Director of Communications<\/p>\n

416-386-1789<\/a> Ext #6331\/416-735-9765<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

United Airlines Pull Out of Canada \u2013 Outsources Canadian Operations! Vancouver, BC \u2013 United Airlines is pulling out of Canada […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}