August 21, 2018 – “Bona fide” Business Requirement Argument Doesn’t Fly With Arbitrator
TOP STORY
Newrest v Teamsters, Local 647, 2018 CanLII 76447
Grievance – Layoff and Bargaining Unit Work – Grievance over 6 layoffs and continuing violation of agreement by assignment of bargaining unit work to management and non-union administrative positions – Employer admitted to violation of the agreement due to bona fide work requirements – Grievance allowed, Employer declared in violation of agreement, cease and desist Order issued, laid off employees to be returned to positions
DECISIONS
- Passenger Complaint – Lost Passport – Deschênes c. Sunwing Vacations, 2018 QCCQ 5702
Claim for $3,602.47 due to loss of passport on flight and resulting failure to enter destination country – Passenger lost passport on flight, employees of flight found they attempted to assist and could not have done more – Dismissed
CIRB DECISIONS
- Certification – Sunwing Airlines Inc., Order No.: 11309-U
IAMAW – employees of Sunwing Airlines lnc. at the Toronto-Lester B. Pearson International Airport carrying out aircraft maintenance and ground support functions, including aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) supervisors, interior technicians and ground support technicians, excluding administrative employees, clerical employees and those above the rank of supervisor.
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION AGENCY DECISIONS
- Application – FAI rent-a-jet Aktiengesellschaft c.o.b. as Flight Ambulance International – Order No. 2018-A-140
Exemptions from paragraph 33.1(b), subparagraph 73(2)(c)(i) and section 33.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended - Application – Cat Aviation AG – Order No. 2018-A-141
Exemptions from paragraph 33.1(b), subparagraph 73(2)(c)(i) and section 33.2 of the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended
TC/TSB NEWS
- Minister Sohi to make an important announcement about infrastructure improvements at the Prince George Airport in British Columbia
- TSB is deploying a team of investigators to the site of an aircraft accident at the Abbotsford International Airport, British Columbia
- TSB deploys a team of investigators to an air accident northwest of Edmonton, Alberta
- TSB will deploy a team of investigators to a fatal air accident at Little Doctor Lake, Northwest Territories
- TC-MMEL
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION NEWS
- CBAA: Respected BA operator and entrepreneur Anthony Norejko to Lead CBAA
- COPA: Marine park airspace restrictions changed
UNION NEWS
- ALPA: ALPA celebrates National Aviation Day
- IAMAW: AJW Technique workers overwhelmingly ratify contract in Montreal
AVIATION MEDIA
- Air Canada announces departure of Benjamin Smith, President, Airlines and Chief Operating Officer
- Air Canada exec to become new CEO of Air France-KLM
- Air Canada likely to tap into its deep management ‘bench strength’ after COO gets poached
- Aircraft crashes after ‘stolen’ plane takes off from Seattle Tacoma International Airport
- Airline’s fourth aircraft swoops into service
- Airplane theft in Seattle shows potential dangers from airline workers
- Authorities probe how Seattle airline employee could steal plane
- Canada’s biggest airline seeks finance ministry approval to form insurance firm
- Challenging Canadian innovators to develop cleaner aviation fuel
- First Air says it followed boarding rules for flight that landed man in wrong destination
- IAMAW welcomes 60 aircraft engineers at Sunwing
- Looking up
- Man dies in border security altercation at Canada airport
- Ministry contacting WestJet over outing of transgender passenger
- Toronto Pearson set to break busiest day of the year record
- Travellers warned after teen with measles goes through Vancouver Airport
- WestJet passenger says she was ‘in shock’ after gate agent outed her as transgender