Ngibhekane nomkhulu Air Transat Ukudilizwa okumenyezelwe ngoNovemba, iCanadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) icela uhulumeni wobumbano ukuthi athumele ngokushesha ukuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19 ezikhumulweni zezindiza zaseCanada.
Ingxenye ye-Air Transat ye-CUPE isanda kufunda ukuthi isibalo samalungu ayo asebenza endizeni izokwehla ibe ngaphansi kuka-160 ngoNovemba, isuka kubasebenzi abangu-2,000 bebonke ngezikhathi ezijwayelekile. Isizinda se-Air Transat's Vancouver izovalwa ngokuphelele kuze kube kuphinde kwaziswa.
Ngemuva kokuqedwa okuphelele kwemisebenzi ngo-Ephreli 1 odlule, okulandelwa ukuqalwa kabusha kwezindiza ngoJulayi 23, inani labasebenzi basendizeni lafinyelela ezingeni eliphakeme elingama-355 ngo-Agasti odlule.
“Yonke imininingwane yethu ikhombisa ukuthi ukuqala kabusha kwe-Air Transat kwemisebenzi ehlobo nasekwindla lika-2020 bekuphephe ngokuphelele kubagibeli nakubasebenzi. Isistimu yokuhlola ngokushesha ehlinzeka ngemiphumela yangaphambi kokugibela ingaba isengezo esibalulekile sokuvuselela imboni yezindiza. Kwesinye isikhathi siyakhohlwa ukuthi imisebenzi engaphezu kuka-600,000 eCanada incike kulo mkhakha, ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile. Esikudingayo wuhlelo lokuhlola lukahulumeni olusebenza kahle,” kusho uJulie Roberts, umongameli wengxenye yeCUPE's Air Transat.
Inyunyana iphinde yaphawula ukuthi umfelandawonye obanzi wabasebenzi bezindiza uzokhombisa ePhalamende Hill emini ngo-Okthoba 20, ufuna izinyathelo eziqinile kuHulumeni waseCanada zokuqinisekisa ukululama ngokuphephile kwemboni yezindiza.
Abasebenzi bendiza ye-Air Transat bangochwepheshe bezokuphepha indima yabo eyinhloko ukuvikela abagibeli. Ahlukene ngezinyunyana ezintathu zasendaweni, ezihambisana nezisekelo zawo ezintathu: CUPE 4041 (Montreal-YUL), CUPE 4047 (Toronto-YYZ) kanye ne-CUPE 4078 (Vancouver-YVR). Ingxenye ye-Air Transat yengamele lezi zinyunyana ezintathu zasendaweni.
Sekukonke, i-CUPE imele amalungu angaphezu kwe-13,100 kwezokuthutha ngendiza e-Canada, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi base-Air Transat, Air Canada Rouge, Sunwing, CALM Air, Canadian North, WestJet, Cathay Pacific, First Air, kanye ne-Air Georgian.
I-Canadian Union of Public Employees iyinyunyana enkulu yaseCanada, enamalungu angu-700,000 ezweni lonke. I-CUPE imele abasebenzi kwezokunakekelwa kwempilo, izinsiza eziphuthumayo, ezemfundo, ukufunda kusenesikhathi nokunakekelwa kwezingane, omasipala, izinsizakalo zezenhlalakahle, imitapo yolwazi, izinsiza, ezokuthutha, izindiza nokunye. Sinamahhovisi angaphezu kuka-70 ezweni lonke, kuzo zonke izifundazwe.
