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Flight Attendants Holding Day of Action at Toronto-Pearson Airport to End Unpaid Work

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Flight attendants represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will be holding a day of action at Toronto-Pearson airport on Tuesday, April 25, as part of their campaign to end the rampant abuse of unpaid work in the airline industry. Flight attendants in Canada are not paid for boarding, delays, deplaning, and many other duties. They are tired of working 35 hours unpaid every month, on average, and they are coming together on Tuesday to tell the airlines and federal government: unpaid work won’t fly!

What: Unpaid Work Won’t Fly! Day of Action to End Unpaid Work

Who: Fred Hahn, President, CUPE Ontario; Rena Kisfalvi, President, CUPE 4055; Theresa Mitchell, Vice-President, Air Canada Component of CUPE; flight attendants from ten different airlines represented by CUPE

When: Tuesday, April 25 - 12PM

Where: Toronto-Pearson International Airport, Terminal 1 Domestic Departures Level, near Inukshuk statues

For more information, visit unpaidworkwontfly.ca.

CUPE’s Airline Division represents approximately 18,500 flight attendants at Air Canada (including Air Canada Rouge), WestJet (including WestJet Encore and Swoop), Air Transat, Sunwing, Calm Air, PAL Airlines, Canadian North, Flair Airlines, Pivot, and PasCan.

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Contacts

For more information:
Hugh Pouliot
Media relations, CUPE
613-818-0067
hpouliot@cupe.ca

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Canadian Union of Public Employees

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Contacts

For more information:
Hugh Pouliot
Media relations, CUPE
613-818-0067
hpouliot@cupe.ca

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