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Montreal Gazette
4 days ago
- Business
- Montreal Gazette
CUPE NL Stands in Solidarity with Air Canada Flight Attendants
CUPE NL Stands in Solidarity with Air Canada Flight Attendants For more information, please contact: Sherry Hillier President, CUPE Newfoundland & Labrador 709-765-2996 Taylor Johnston CUPE Atlantic Communications Representative tjohnston@ Haseena Manek CUPE Atlantic Communications Representative hmanek@ CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador stands in solidarity with flight attendants employed by Air Canada and demands the government respect their right to strike. "It's absolutely disgraceful that so much necessary and vital work flight attendants do before and after each and every flight is unpaid," said CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador President Sherry Hillier. "No one should be working for free. Full stop." Flight attendants are only paid when the plane is moving, and work as many as 35 unpaid hours a week performing vital duties that ensure the safe and smooth operation of each flight. Now, instead of paying flight attendants for the work they do, Air Canada is threatening to lock out their employees and disrupt the travel plans of thousands of Canadians. Our elected representatives must support workers' rights to free and fair negotiations and collective job action. These rights are protected under both federal and provincial legislation and have been affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada. If our lawmakers at the highest level have determined the right to strike to be "indispensable," Air Canada must respect that. "Air Canada is manufacturing a crisis instead of coming to the table and bargaining in good faith," continued Hillier. "It's clear they hope the federal government will step in just like they did with Canada Post and force flight attendants back to work. We can't let that happen. We need to stand with flight attendants, as we do with all workers, and protect our Charter guaranteed right to strike." :so/cope491 This story was originally published August 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM.
Business Wire
4 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
CUPE NL Stands in Solidarity with Air Canada Flight Attendants
ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland and Labrador--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador stands in solidarity with flight attendants employed by Air Canada and demands the government respect their right to strike. 'Air Canada is manufacturing a crisis instead of coming to the table and bargaining in good faith,' - Sherry Hillier CUPE NL President Share 'It's absolutely disgraceful that so much necessary and vital work flight attendants do before and after each and every flight is unpaid,' said CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador President Sherry Hillier. 'No one should be working for free. Full stop.' Flight attendants are only paid when the plane is moving, and work as many as 35 unpaid hours a week performing vital duties that ensure the safe and smooth operation of each flight. Now, instead of paying flight attendants for the work they do, Air Canada is threatening to lock out their employees and disrupt the travel plans of thousands of Canadians. Our elected representatives must support workers' rights to free and fair negotiations and collective job action. These rights are protected under both federal and provincial legislation and have been affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada. If our lawmakers at the highest level have determined the right to strike to be 'indispensable,' Air Canada must respect that. 'Air Canada is manufacturing a crisis instead of coming to the table and bargaining in good faith,' continued Hillier. 'It's clear they hope the federal government will step in just like they did with Canada Post and force flight attendants back to work. We can't let that happen. We need to stand with flight attendants, as we do with all workers, and protect our Charter guaranteed right to strike.' :so/cope491
Business Wire
05-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
CUPE NL Celebrates Their 51 st Convention From May 5 th to 7 th
GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR, Newfoundland and Labrador--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 51 st annual CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador Convention will take place from May 5 to 7, 2025 at the Mount Peyton Resort and Conference Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor. CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador will welcome delegates from across the province for this convention to provide members with the opportunity to have their voice heard in their union. They will discuss common issues, share success stories, vote on constitutional amendments, and hold elections for various positions, including the position of president of CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador. The 51st annual CUPE NL Convention will take place from May 5 to 7, 2025 at the Mount Peyton Resort and Conference Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor. Share Monday 9:00 AM Guest Speakers: David Hillier, Central DLC President Bea Bruske, CLC National President Mary Shortall, Federal NDP President 1:30 PM Guest Speaker: Jessica McCormick, Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour President Tuesday 9:00 AM Guest Speakers: Mark Hancock, CUPE National President Candace Rennick, CUPE National Secretary Treasurer Jim Dinn, Newfoundland and Labrador NDP Party Leader 1:30 PM Guest Speaker: Danielle Sampson, CLC Atlantic Regional Director Wednesday 9:30 AM Election of Officers Expand :so/cope491
Associated Press
12-02-2025
- Health
- Associated Press
Union: Furey has millions for agency nurses but nothing for public health care workers
CORNER BROOK, Newfoundland and Labrador--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 12, 2025-- While CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) is pleased that the Furey government is finally taking steps to address the lack of long term care bed availability in West Coast Newfoundland, spending our hard earned tax dollars on more agency nurses is not a solution. 'Overcrowding in hospitals isn't just a symptom of so many people needing support,' said CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador President Sherry Hillier. 'It's a symptom of years of chronic underfunding, poor pay, and money wasted on private agency nurses.' Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services CEO Dr. Pat Parfrey has admitted that the health care sector has been struggling to recruit new workers, especially in the West Coast. Their proposed solution to this, other than hiring as many nurses as possible from each graduating class, is hiring agency nurses. This is not a long term solution. 'Where does government think agency nurses come from?' asked Hillier. 'This province has a limited number of health care workers, and they are leaving the field or taking agency nursing jobs because they are underpaid and under supported in the public sector. If NL Health Services is hiring more agency nurses, they're hiring the exact same people who could be working in the public sector but for more money!' 'The simple reality is that health care workers in this province don't make enough to cover even the most basic cost of living,' said CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador Health Care Coordinator Donna Ryan. 'That means, when NL Health Services is hiring, people don't apply, and then they claim they can't find people to work these jobs!' Agency nurses, or travel nurses, can make upward of double what a public sector nurse with the same responsibilities makes. In 2023 alone, the Furey government spent $91 million on travel nurses. This is part of a troubling privatization trend in the province that results in worse services for more money, exemplified by the new P3 hospital, which was designed with less beds and less space for auxiliary services. 'NL Health Services said they need 5 million to prepare the old hospital to accommodate those waiting for placement in long term care, who is getting that money?' asked Hillier. 'Are they going to yet again funnel the money to private companies that will construct a building that doesn't provide the space we need? Will they continue to line the pockets of CEOs with our hard-earned tax dollars?' CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador calls on the Furey government to make real, tangible steps to improve and support the current public health care system and the workers that are striving every single day to keep it running. :so/cope491 CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador President (709) 765-2996Donna Ryan CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador Health Care Coordinator (709) 638-2955Taylor Johnston SOURCE: Canadian Union of Public Employees Copyright Business Wire 2025.
