ALPA Canada Urges Government to Respect Worker Rights
OTTAWA, ONT.—Today, ALPA Canada president Capt. Tim Perry issued the following statement to express his deep concern about the state of labour relations in Canada and to ask the federal government to respect workers’ collective bargaining rights and refrain from intervening in the bargaining process.
“Recent government interventions to end labour disputes in the federal sector have negatively altered employers’ willingness to do the hard work required to conclude fair collective agreements with their employees.
“Instead, employers now see that government intervention as an enticing alternative to a negotiated settlement. With recent federal intervention, employers are treating government as their silent partner and have included intervention as part of their bargaining strategy, to the detriment of Canadian workers.
“Moreover, government intervention in the collective bargaining process violates the constitutional rights and freedoms of Canadians.
“On behalf of all ALPA Canada members, I insist the federal government allow collective bargaining to run its course, free from intervention, and allow any Parties to a labour dispute to remain at the bargaining table to put in the hard work required to come to a freely negotiated agreement.”
Founded in 1931, ALPA is the largest airline pilot union in the world, representing more than 78,000 pilots at 41 U.S. and Canadian airlines. Visit alpa.org or follow us on Twitter @ALPAPilots.
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