(Toronto) The CAW has won the right to maintain the defined benefit pension plan for new hires at Air Canada, an arbitration ruling released Friday says. In the 62 page ruling, federal arbitrator Kevin Burkett rejected Air Canada’s demand to put new hires into a defined contribution pension plan with an inferior, more precarious benefit. Instead […]
The latest major change in the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) industry on the Iberian Peninsula was the merger between Iberia Maintenance and British Airways’ technical arm, BA Engineering, when their parent carriers formed International Airlines Group (IAG) at the end of last year.
(SYDNEY) Australian carrier Qantas will cancel 28 flights and delay a further 27 due to a ground staff strike this week that would affect more than 6,000 passengers.
Less than 24 hours before a possible strike, the Air Canada flight attendants will rally in solidarity across the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, this Tuesday September 20.
Aviation unions worldwide are being urged to show their support for the Bahrain based Gulf Air workers who remain unemployed 5 months after being controversially dismissed. Management has so far refused to negotiate with the 217 workers and has never provided a satisfactory reason for the termination of their employment back in April. The ITF […]
Janine Hadley, 27, a Ryanair passenger who was on a flight from Faro, Portugal to Manchester was allegedly threatened with arrest when she refused to vacate an overbooked flight on Sunday.
Fifteen Arab trade union organizations from 10 countries founded today in Amman, Jordan, a new Forum to promote the fundamental values of democratic and independent trade unionism and to increase regional union solidarity and unity.
Chinese carriers earned an aggregate profit of CNY6.59 billion ($1.03 billion) in August, up 27.4% over a net income of CNY5.17 billion in the year-ago month, crediting domestic market growth.