Ottawa to probe unpaid airline work allegations key to Air Canada strike (www.thecanadianpressnews.ca)

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What the?! 88% of Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants, new poll confirms (?!). LPC PR damage control in effect:

OTTAWA - Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on.

One of the key complaints from the union representing Air Canada flight attendants is that workers are not paid for duties performed when planes are not in the air.

Hajdu said in an interview with The Canadian Press that she finds those claims "deeply disturbing." She said she has asked the federal labour department if there have been any complaints from the sector about unpaid work, but to her knowledge, there have been none.

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[-] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 days ago

Even I knew this was going on years ago, it's not the first time it's been brought up in the media. I've seen it plenty of times over the last 20 years.

If the jobs minister hasn't heard about it, that's not a good look.

Here's a Change.org petition with over 200k signatures from back when Delta workers in the US were complaining about the same problem in 2021

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

The jobs minister has absolutely heard about it. If not, that's the kind of gross incompetence that should require immediate resignation. She is feigning ignorance because the average shmuck isn't aware of it.

Our governments are functionally equivalent to corporate dictatorships at the state and federal levels. Sure, you can vote for whomever you want on election day, but 90+% of politicians have been pre-screened, pre-positioned, and pre-financed by the wealthy. They act in the oligarchs/corporations financial interests; not the citizens. In capitalism you vote with your wallet, and a small minority hold the majority of the votes.

[-] lance20000@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 days ago

Uh huh, so why did YOU ORDER THEM BACK!

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Because they made that call before polling data came in. They've realized how wildly unpopular the order is and this is the off-ramp.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days ago

It was kind of hilarious hearing the Jobs/Labour Minister on CBC Power and Politics being like, "I'm shocked, shocked to hear that unpaid work is occuring in this country!"

[-] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 days ago

In other news, man precariously hanging from ledge is relieved to hear of a cliffside rescue committee that will be convening next Thursday to discuss rescue options.

[-] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago

What kind of out of touch headline is that.

The fact that the term gig economy exist should scream to all reasonable people that labour laws are currently terrible.

[-] SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

The whole article makes is seems like Hajdu is grossly incompetent and just came in swinging without any real comprehension of what's happening.

It clearly isn't a just between 2 parties when you interjected yourself into it, while highly favouring one side.

The investigation itself will not put an end to labour unrest at Air Canada — it will take "a number of weeks" for Hajdu's department to interview employers and unions to get the full scope of collective agreements in the Canadian airline sector, she said.