OTTAWA Air Canada and the federal government have reached an agreement on a $5.9-billion aid package that the company says will speed up customer refunds, protect industry jobs and return service to some communities that were shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a news release, Air Canada said the $5.879-billion liquidity agreement is provided through the government’s Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF) program and includes $4 billion in loans, a $500-million investment in Air Canada stock and a separate $1.4-billion loan to help facilitate customer refunds. “I m confident this agreement sets a standard for how such interventions should be designed with the interests of Canadians and workers coming first,” Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters in French on Monday evening. “This is a good and fair deal for Canada and Canadians.”
When workers comp claims for COVID-19 fall through the cracks, the costs often land on sick employees and taxpayers
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Private-sector health care workers continued their protests in Mexico City last week to demand that they receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Doctors, nurses, dentists and other health workers congregated at a train station in Mexico City on April 5 to protest the failure by Mexico City’s Health Secretariat (Sedesa) head Olivia López to hold a meeting that morning to discuss a national plan for vaccinating private-sector health workers.
Instead of showing up for the meeting to be held in Mexico City at the Naval Medical School where they had protested the week before López sent a mid-level functionary to receive their petition with no intention to engage in discussions. Sedesa claims that López made no promise to meet, that she knew nothing about it, and that it is an issue for the federal level.
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Bridlewood Trails Workers Join CUPE
April 13, 2021 GMT
KANATA, Ontario (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 13, 2021
Workers at Bridlewood Trails Retirement Community in Kanata voted almost unanimously today to join The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
“The pandemic has been very challenging for workers in retirement and long-term care residences. Thanks to COVID, everyone knows care workers need to be treated better and given more respect,” said Marc Lafrance, a CUPE representative who is involved in the organizing drive. “Now these workers have new rights and the backing of a strong union to help build a better, safer workplace for everyone.”
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