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Dear Brothers and Sisters:
I am writing to inform you that there will be a simultaneous
rally/protest across all Canada on July 28th 2008. Each local base is
responsible for co-ordinating their protest. Once advised of the
locations, and times, I will let you all know. This Nation wide
protest will hopefully be most effective in applying pressure on Air
Canada to reverse their decision of closing bases and layoffs. I would
like to ask that you please inform your members of this protest, and
if possible to attend. I will forward more information as it becomes
available.
Enclosed in this document is also a letter template to protest Air
Canada’s application to apply for exemption from Division IX of the
Canada Labour Code, and to stop the base closures. Please forward it
to all your respective locals, to be distributed to all of their
memberships. We need your help! We need to flood Members of
Parliament, especially Honourable Blackburn, Minister of Labour, with
e-mail correspondence. Division IX provides for the establishment of
a joint planning committee. This committee would be composed of
company and union representatives. The objectives of this committee
are to develop an adjustment program to:
1. eliminate the necessity for the termination of employment; or
2. minimize the impact of the termination of employment on the
redundant employees and to assist those employees in obtaining other
employment.
This is unacceptable and unfair. Federal legislation is available to
us and we need to demand access to that legislation.
We have a very short time window to persuade the federal government to
deny Air Canada’s request. Please take action now and show Air Canada
that it cannot demean us.
1. Open the Word document and save to your hard drive
2. Cut and paste the link following to a new window in your Internet
browser to determine who your Member of Parliament. All you need to do
is input your postal code: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPosta
lCo de.aspx?Menu=HOC
3. Once you see who the Member of Parliament is, open a new window in your e-mail program to compose a new e-mail.
4. In the “to” field, type the e-mail address of the Member of Parliament; please copy
[email protected]
5. in subject line, type “Air Canada Flight Attendants need Division IX, Halifax and Winnipeg bases!”
6. cut and paste the template letter into the e-mail window
7. insert the name of your Member of Parliament. When you write to
Minister Blackburn, his name is already in the template
8. add your full address.
9. sign your name at the bottom and include your home telephone number
Paul Zamperin
AIRLINE DIVISION REPRESENTATIVE
CUPE NATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
Vice President, CUPE Local 4092
Cupe Local 4092
Lester B. Pearson International Airport Terminal 1, Service Level Room
EBS116 Toronto, Ontario
L5P-1B4
Tel: (905) 676-4293
Fax: (905) 676-4763
e-mail: [email protected]
Web site: www.local4092.ca
