{"id":4596,"date":"2020-12-01T10:50:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/?p=4596"},"modified":"2020-12-18T11:17:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:17:36","slug":"no-blank-cheques-clear-message-from-jagmeet-singh-on-support-for-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/?p=4596","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNo blank cheques\u201d \u2013 Clear message from Jagmeet Singh on Support for Aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Toronto, ON<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cAir Canada and other providers must be mandated to keep jobs in Canada! That includes all service jobs, maintenance and manufacturing. Let\u2019s keep our Aviation industry Canadian!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was today\u2019s message from IAM Canadian General Vice-President Stan Pickthall, who participated in a press conference today with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, NDP Labour Critic Scott Duvall and four other unions, speaking about the future of airline and aerospace industries in Canada. The unions all have members working at airports across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singh opened the press conference by acknowledging that many workers are hurting and that a disproportionate number are women and racialized workers. \u201cEmpty words are not enough,\u201d he said. \u201cAirlines around the world have received more than $123 billion in financial help but Canada has only put up $300 million. This is unacceptable. We need to focus on jobs, job maintenance and workers. We need it now! The money must be tied to workers. There must be no blank cheques!\u201d Singh criticized Prime Minister Trudeau and the Liberals for not showing leadership on the issue. \u201cWhen we look out for one another, we do better. We will keep on fighting!\u201d Singh also thanked the unions for their continued fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Duvall, NDP Labour Critic said of the federal government, \u201cWe know Marc Garneau is meeting with stakeholders, but we don\u2019t know who they are. Many highly-trained workers are leaving the field. We can\u2019t afford that. Workers must be included in these discussions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IAM Canadian General Vice-President Stan Pickthall underscored airlines, aerospace and consumer confidence in his remarks, \u201cAirlines must be mandated to keep jobs in Canada. The downstream effects of layoffs in the airline industry have already been felt. Canadian aerospace has been deeply affected in the cancellation of aircraft orders and related jobs. And there simply cannot be any executive compensation attached to relief provided to the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAir Transportation industry has been impacted more than any other industry and fully 50% of IAM members have been laid off with no sign of when they will return. Billions of dollars of revenue have been lost and passenger loads have dropped by 90%. Canada must learn from models like that of Germany where the country took a 20% stake in Lufthansa to protect its investment. Air transport and its infrastructure are essential parts of our economy. They help protect Canadian sovereignty in transportation and boost the economy of our urban centers and regions. It is crucial that a federal assistance plan must absolutely take these elements into consideration.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pickthall also referenced the 2019 IAM report on the aerospace industry, Grounded Potential, which outlines a national strategy on supporting Canadian aerospace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pickthall went on to say that consumer confidence is critical to the health of the airline industry. \u201cIf the public isn\u2019t flying, the industry suffers. We must restore that confidence. The development of vaccines will help and rapid-testing must be at no cost to the traveller. It is safer to travel on planes than go into big-box stores and we need to let the public know that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pickthall concluded by thanking the work of the NDP, Jagmeet Singh, Scott Duvall and others in the NDP Caucus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CUPE, UFCW, USW and Unifor also participated in the press conference and made remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Niki Ashton, NDP Critic for Transportation, couldn\u2019t attend the press conference due to an emergency, Pickthall thanked her for her continued work in her portfolio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source:www.iamaw.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto, ON \u2013 \u201cAir Canada and other providers must be mandated to keep jobs in Canada! That includes all service jobs, maintenance and manufacturing. Let\u2019s keep our Aviation industry Canadian!\u201d That was today\u2019s message from IAM Canadian General Vice-President Stan Pickthall, who participated in a press conference today with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, NDP Labour Critic Scott Duvall and four other unions, speaking about the future of airline and aerospace industries in Canada. The unions all have members working at airports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,37,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4597,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596\/revisions\/4597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/screeners.iamaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}