Kū me nā mea nui Air Transat layoffs i hoʻolaha ʻia no Nowemapa, ke kāhea nei ʻo ka Union Union of Public Employees (CUPE) i ke aupuni pekelala e hoʻokomo koke i ka māka ʻo COVID-19 wikiwiki ma nā kahua mokulele ʻo Kanada.
Ua ʻike wale ʻia ka mahele Air Transat o CUPE e hāʻule ana ka helu o kāna mau lālā o ka mea lele i lalo o 160 i Nowemapa, mai ka huina o nā limahana he 2,000 i nā manawa maʻamau. E pani paʻa loa ʻia ka waihona Vancouver o Air Transat a hiki i ka wā e hoʻolaha hou ai.
Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o nā hana i ka lā 1 ʻApelila i hala, a ukali ʻia e ka hoʻomau hou ʻana o nā lele ma Iulai 23, ua hōʻea ka nui o nā kahu lawelawe i kahi kiʻekiʻe haʻahaʻa o 355 i ʻAukake i hala.
"ʻO kā mākou ʻike āpau e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻomau hou ʻana o nā hana a Air Transat i ke kauwela a me ka hāʻule ʻana o 2020 he palekana loa ia no nā mea kaʻa a me nā limahana. ʻO kahi ʻōnaehana loiloi wikiwiki e hāʻawi nei i nā hopena ma mua o ke kau ʻana he mea nui ia no ka hoʻōla hou ʻana i ka ʻoihana mokulele. Poina mākou i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hana ma 600,000 ma Kanada i kaukaʻi ʻia i kēia ʻoihana, pololei a pololei ʻole paha. ʻO ka mea a mākou e pono ai he polokalamu mākaʻikaʻi pekelala pono kēia, ”i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Julie Roberts, pelekikena o ka ʻāpana Air Transat a CUPE.
Ua hoʻomaopopo pū ka ʻahahui he hui ākea o nā limahana mokulele e hōʻike ma ka Hill Parliament ma ke awakea o ʻOkakopa 20, e koi ana i nā hana paʻa mai ke Aupuni o Kanada e hōʻoia i ka hoʻihoʻi palekana o ka ʻoihana mokulele.
ʻO nā mea lawelawe lele ʻo Air Transat he poʻe loea palekana nona ka kuleana nui e pale aku i nā mea kaʻa. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia lākou i ʻekolu mau uniona kūloko, kūlike i kā lākou mau waihona ʻekolu: CUPE 4041 (Montreal-YUL), CUPE 4047 (Toronto-YYZ) a me CUPE 4078 (Vancouver-YVR). Mālama ka ʻāpana Air Transat i kēia mau ʻuniona kūloko.
I ka hōʻuluʻulu, hōʻike ʻo CUPE ma mua o 13,100 mau lālā i ka lawe mokulele ma Kanada, me nā limahana ma Air Transat, Air Canada Rouge, Sunwing, CALM Air, Canada North, WestJet, Cathay Pacific, First Air, a me Air Georgian
ʻO ka Uniona o nā limahana lehulehu ʻo Kanada ka uniona nui loa o Kanada, me nā lālā 700,000 a puni ka ʻāina. Hoʻohālikelike ʻo CUPE i nā limahana i ka mālama olakino, nā lawelawe pilikia, ke aʻo ʻana, ke aʻo mua ʻana a me ka mālama keiki ʻana, nā kaona, nā lawelawe kaiāulu, nā hale waihona puke, nā pono hana, nā halihali mokulele a me nā mea hou aʻe. Loaʻa iā mākou ma mua o 70 mau keʻena ma waena o ka ʻāina, i kēlā me kēia panalāʻau.
