The ITF has expressed its ongoing concern regarding the use of strike-breakers by the Turkish Airlines (THY) and inaction of the Turkish Ministry of Labour and Social Security. On Monday 8 July, a labour court in Istanbul ordered THY to stop using employees it hired as replacements for workers that have been on strike since […]
A five-day strike by Swissport International ground handling workers at Brussels Airport in Belgium came to an end on May 17 after the intervention of its international CEO resulted in the company meeting the workers’ main demands, reports ITF affiliat…
Following representations made last week by the Qatari government to have the headquarters of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) moved permanently to Doha from Montreal where it has existed since its inception almost seventy years ago objections have been raised both in Canada and abroad. With the lease up on the current headquarters in […]
Air Canada is to outsource some of its aircraft maintenance work overseas after the collapse of its former maintenance unit Aveos Fleet Performance Inc. last month.
MONTREAL – Aveos Fleet Performance is liquidating its Canadian aircraft maintenance business, putting virtually all of the company’s 2,600 employees across the country out of work… The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said it was outraged by the sudden job loss. “We’re extremely disappointed and we’re devastated for these people and we’re asking […]
“In my forty years of collective bargaining I have never seen the level of anger that I have seen in the membership at Air Canada,” said IAMAW Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie.
In an election conducted by the National Mediation Board (NMB), the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) today won exclusive representation rights for nearly 17,000 Passenger Service and Reservation Employees at the new United Airlines.
Qantas is a great Australian airline. But if we’re going to maintain our executive pay packets we’ll need to squeeze more money out of our operations and base most of the jobs in Asia.