By Pilar Wolfsteller2021-05-10T16:51:00+01:00
Canada’s Unifor union has sharply criticised US-based pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) for “interference” in pilot-contract negotiations with cargo and charter carrier Cargojet.
The Canadian union, which represents 16,000 aviation workers in that country including pilots, air traffic controllers and maintenance personnel, calls ALPA “self-serving” and “ill-informed” in a public rebuke on 8 May.
Source: CargoJet
Canada’s Unifor union blasts US pilot union ALPA for interfering in contract negotiations
The spat erupted when ALPA president Joe DePete sent letters to Unifor national president Jerry Dias and Cargojet chief executive Ajay Virmani on 7 May, criticising them for what he called “a management-led effort to weaken hard-fought rest and safety rules designed to keep the skies – and our pilots – safe.”
US, Canadian pilots unions clash over Cargojet and fatigue rules
Air Line Pilots Association says Unifor complicit in airline’s attempt to water down new safety regulations Canada recently imposed stricter work rules on pilots to reduce potential fatigue. (Photo: Unifor)
A union representing Canadian cargo pilots slammed a U.S. counterpart for criticism of employer Cargojet (TSX: CJT) over alleged efforts to undermine stricter duty-time regulations aimed at reducing fatigue, saying the remarks constitute interference in ongoing bargaining and a self-serving attempt to peel away its members.
The Air Line Pilots Association on Friday sent letters to the management of Cargojet and Unifor, Canada’s large private sector union, challenging them to stop what it claimed were attempts to weaken new Canadian hours-of-service rules that went into effect in December.
Interference by US pilots association unwelcome in Canadian bargaining process
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TORONTO, May 8, 2021 /CNW/ - Unifor will not tolerate interference in our democratic and pilot lead bargaining process with Cargojet by the self-serving US based Airline Pilots Association Intl. (ALPA) making ill-informed To have the president of ALPA preach from Viginia to our pilots on the bargaining committee about fatigue rules and safety is condescending, arrogant and disrespectful, said Jerry Dias in a written response to ALPA s public statement and posted letters to Unifor and Cargojet.
Pilots in cockpit of airplane (CNW Group/Unifor)
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