Transport committee  We've been advocating to end the worst effects of contract flipping at airports for a really long time. We made three recommendations. Two of the three recommendations have been implemented. They are slightly watered down, but they were implemented. It's the third one that stil

Transport committee  I can't, but I can tell you that we're very hopeful that something like the change we're asking for could be made soon. All of the MPs may have seen our campaign on this topic. We'll probably be meeting with you—hopefully, in short order—to discuss this topic. It's incredibly i

Transport committee  I have three things. One is that, when it comes to training, we need to make sure we're not just relying on experienced workers. An experienced worker doesn't become experienced without training and experience. We need to make sure we're moving with the whole pipeline. That incl

Transport committee  That's a great question. We are working collaboratively wherever we can. Ms. Dias would have very specific examples of exactly where we're working collaboratively with employers to fill positions. A few that come to mind, for me, would be some of the baggage handlers and othe

Transport committee  The information I have from our members is that there were 800 applications for a pilot job posting and 148 people were hired. I don't know where they were hired from. I don't know what their previous experience was.

Transport committee  We definitely want to see the people who do the job, those who use the technology or are having some of the tasks replaced by technology...they need to be consulted. What often happens is that technology is introduced and no one asks the people who have potentially 30 years of ex

Transport committee  We definitely have a specific regulatory change. The change is to implement full successor rights by changing the Canada Labour Code so that when a contract is flipped, the collective agreement goes with the new contract. That would mean any increases in pay, better benefits, sch

Transport committee  I absolutely can. We've seen in a number of different locations in the U.S. that minimum standards for wages at airports can be increased quite dramatically, and that what happens is that the quality of work is better, airports become more efficient, there's less turnover and t

Transport committee  I'll answer for Ms. Dias, who had some technical difficulties today, so she couldn't join the meeting. In terms of attracting experienced workers, we're talking about higher-quality work here. If someone left and went to a different job, they did so because the job was more att

Transport committee  It's a great question. It really depends on what job people are taking on and the training requirements. Of course, training to be a pilot and training to be a customer service representative both require extensive training. Obviously, the training is incredibly different. For

Transport committee  That would be something that would be taken on by employers, not necessarily by the unions. We'd be happy to work with our employers to develop attraction and retention—

Transport committee  Yes, we would be happy to work together in that collaboration to develop an attraction and retention program with our employers.

Transport committee  For the air transportation sector, it is particularly working with the federal government. We have meetings. We've written many letters, particularly talking about the problems that we have with using the temporary foreign worker program. I would like to see permanent immigration

Transport committee  Answering that question is far above my pay grade today. We'll have a conversation here and we can get back to you on that question.

Transport committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Kaylie Tiessen. I work in the research department at Unifor studying the air transportation sector as well as many other sectors. This is one of my favourites. Unifor represents more than 16,000 members working in the air transpor