Air Canada to ask workers to cut hours, take leave or retire, according to union memo GlobeBusiness
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The memo states that CUPE is in discussions with Air Canada over continuing the federal wage subsidy, which the airline has not committed to maintain past June 6.“We know this news is not what any of us were expecting,” states the bulletin, signed by the president of CUPE’s Air Canada component and two other union officials.
Air Canada announced five weeks ago it would rehire 16,500 laid-off employees – including 6,800 flight attendants – via the subsidy program, which covers 75 per cent of a worker’s normal hourly wages or up to $847 per week.
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