APPLES FOR DINNER TRY CHEDDAR PUFFS FOR A SAVOURY TWIST {page 25}
PROGRESS CROSBY UPBEAT AT TRAINING CAMP {page 29}
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Airline, union reach deal Air Canada says it will be business as usual while ratification vote goes ahead In August, flight attendants rejected a tentative deal union negotiated with the airline
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Ex-cop vying for mayor Tom Martin the first to officially announce his candidacy ‘We deserve more,’ he declares {page 4}
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With hours to go until the strike deadline, Air Canada reached a tentative contract agreement with the union representing flight attendants yesterday afternoon. The Canadian Union of Public Employees said it was recommending Air Canada’s 6,800 flight attendants accept the deal, details of which won’t be made public until after a vote is held. A strike deadline was set for just after midnight this morning, though federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt had warned she would introduce back-to-work legislation. It was a turbulent situation ever since talks broke down on Monday. A number of rallies were held across the country yesterday, including at Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Deborah Archur, a flight attendant for 29 years, said she was recently working on a flight in Munich that was delayed to the next day — her day off — and she wasn’t paid “a penny extra.” “Does anyone else go to work for free?” she asked. Air Canada spokesman Peter
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Coming to a theatre near you Flight attendant Lisa Vivian Macdonald speaks to her colleagues at a rally outside Halifax Stanfield International Airport yesterday morning. Air Canada’s flight attendants were set to go on strike this morning, but the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees reached a deal late yesterday afternoon.
Fitzpatrick said the company’s preference was to reach a deal with CUPE without the federal government stepping in with back-to-work legislation. Flight attendants in Halifax responded yesterday by chanting, “Negotiate, not legislate!”
“We want to have an opportunity to share what our plight is and what we’re dealing with,” said flight attendant Heidi Cohen. “As a Canadian, I believe we should have the right to protest, picket and have our voices heard if it comes to it.” WITH FILES FROM THE CANADIAN PRESS
Minister Minutes after the deal was announced, Labour Minister Lisa Raitt stood in the House of Commons to call on union members to ratify the agreement.
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