Canada’s approach to airline strikes pits the need for reliable air travel against the constitutionally protected right to strike. Other countries show there is a workable middle ground.
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The Air Canada dispute may mark a turning point for labour standards in the airline industry and result in unpaid ground time being a thing of the past.
The dispute exposes several fault lines in Canada around work, how we value it and how the law impacts workers.
Air Canada flight attendants have been in negotiations with the company since March, fighting for fairer wages and working conditions.
The issue of unpaid ground time has been a long-standing concern for flight attendants in the Canadian flight industry.
We often talk about ‘emotional labour’ as performed by those who take on the emotional workload within families or relationships. But the term has a specific meaning – and that’s not what it is.
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Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
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