Air Canada dispute ends in agreement
Workers at Air Canada reached a tentative deal with management last week, bringing a week-long strike to an end.
June 24, 2011
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Welcome to the ITF Aviation Blog
Here you will find an ever expanding resource covering aviation issues that affect all categories of civil aviation workers including cabin crew, airline ground staff, pilots, airport workers and air traffic management staff. Be sure to return regularly or to register to receive updates as this area will be updated on a daily and weekly basis. Also, please email us at aviation@itf.org.uk if you have any links or material you would like to contribute here, or simply to offer us feedback. The ITF Civil Aviation section.
Standing up against discrimination in the workplace in Southwest Airlines
Transport Workers Union (TWU-USA) Local 556 Pres. Thom McDaniel was on Fox News standing up against discrimination in the workplace in Southwest Airlines.
June 27, 2011
June 24, 2011
Honourable agreement ends BA cabin crew dispute (Unite the Union-UK)
The long-running dispute between around 10,000 British Airways cabin crew and their employer is now over, Unite, their union, announced today.
June 22, 2011
Strike leads to speedy agreement in Canada
Air Canada workers have returned to work after the CAW and Air Canada reached what they described as a ‘tentative’ agreement that will increase wages for the affected personnel.
Air Canada Strike Ends, Airline Set To Return To Full Speed (from HuffingtonPost.ca)
Picket lines are down and travel ease expectations are up Friday as Air Canada customer service and sales staff are set to return to work Friday, a day after a tentative agreement was reached three days into a walkout.
June 17, 2011
Stop Aircrew Fatigue – ETF
At the EU Transport Minister’s meeting in Luxemburg on 16 June 2011, the ECA (European Cockpit Association) organised a demonstration in front of the Council venue to raise awareness on the safety risks of fatigue. The ETF, represented by Elisabetta Chicca, Cabin Crew Committee Chair, and Francois Ballestero, ETF Political Secretary for Civil Aviation showed solidarity by taking part in this symbolic action.
At Last: Case Against Boeing Goes to Trial (IAMAW-USA)
A courtroom in Seattle, WA was the setting for the opening day of a highly anticipated legal showdown between the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Boeing Company over charges that Boeing violated federal labor law when it moved 787 Dreamliner production from Puget Sound to South Carolina.
Call for messages of solidarity for striking workers at Canadian airline
The ITF is urging unions to send messages of solidarity to airline workers in Canada who walked out on strike yesterday after talks over pensions broke down.
June 15, 2011