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We hope you are all having a great weekend as we enter the fall flying season. As pilots, we are not strangers to dealing with an ever-changing regulatory environment. The last year and a half have proven to be no exception.
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Over the last few weeks, we have seen the rapid announcement and deployment of various vaccine mandates across the country. As pilots we are in a unique and sometimes difficult position of having to observe different restrictions and governmental legislation.
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As the first vaccination status reporting deadline of Sept 13th approaches, we wanted to let you know we are still in talks with the company regarding the matter. So far negotiations are moving in the right direction.
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We hope you all had a safe and wonderful Labour Day weekend. Unfortunately, we are writing to let you know that the tentative dates for the contract roadshow must be postponed as we have not received the arbitrators ruling.
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After yesterday's email regarding the company's vaccination policy, we have received guidance from our lawyers. To summarize, we have concerns about the broadness of the language, in particular the consequences to pilots who cannot meet the proposed vaccination deadlines.
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As many of you are aware, the news cycles have been dominated lately by the roll out of various vaccine passport programs from different provinces. Along with the government mandate that all federally regulated employees must be fully vaccinated by October 29th, 2021.
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As you are aware, arbitration proceedings ended at the end of June 2021. We are currently waiting for Arbitrator Sim’s decision on your first Collective Agreement with ALPA. Nevertheless, we understand this has been a long and difficult process. Your support and patience have not gone unnoticed. Specifically, the bargaining committee would like to thank all of you for your patience and your words of encouragement.
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We must regret to announce that we are proceeding with mediation arbitration on all outstanding issues on April 26th, and 27th with Arbitrator Mr. Andrew Sims Q.C.
We will advise members as things progress.
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As many of our members are aware, we are proceeding to arbitration on all outstanding issues on April 26th, and 27th with Arbitrator Mr. Andrew Sims Q.C.. For example, two of the outstanding issues are term of contract and wage increases. At this time, we have agreed to arbitration.
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Today, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) announced that the Morningstar pilots voted for ALPA representation