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Some positions are still available so do not hesitate to get involved! Joining a committee is a great way to get started with union involvement.
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Insurance
The Committee will discuss changes to, and the renewal of the insurance contract. This committee shall meet once a year.
Contact: insurance@atcomponent.com
Chair : VACANT
YUL : Vacant
YYZ: VACANT
YVR: VACANT
Communication and mobilization
The primary task of the committee is to ensure communication between the Bargaining Committee and the membership. We will provide you with information on the status of the negotiations but also on the pressure tactics being considered, the events being organized, etc.
Contact: mobilisationTS2022@gmail.com
Component link: Dominic Levasseur
Chair : Andréanne Charlebois
Women’s Committee
Our mandate is to increase cabin personnel’s and the company’s awareness of matters relating to status of women. Such issues include but are not limited to employment and pay equity, harassment and discrimination, workplace violence and pregnancy and maternity related issues.
Contact : women@atcomponent.com
Chair : VACANT
Component link : VACANT
YUL : VACANT
YYZ : VACANT
YVR : Julie Roberts and Kait Glasser
Environment
The objective of this Committee is to recommend and explore various ways in which Air Transat can reduce their environmental footprint.
Contact : enviro@atcomponent.com
Chair : Éric Stringer
Component link : Marie-Hélène Nadeau
YUL : Éric Stringer
YYZ : VACANT
YVR : Danielle Jung
Employment Equity Committee
The committee establishes a forum for sharing information and developing other mechanisms to ensure that all Air Transat employees are aware of the objectives of employment equity. The committee also contributes to oversee the implementation of the employment equity program in order to develop fair, equitable, and barrier-free employment practices.
Contact : president@atcomponent.com
Chair : Daniel Pelletier
Component link: Dominic Levasseur
PAY EQUITY
Canadians have the right to workplace compensation practices that are free from gender discrimination. Pay equity is about ensuring that employers pay you equally for work of equal value.
Contact : president@atcomponent.com
Chair : Julie Francescon
Component link: Dominic Levasseur
PMC (Personnel Management)
Our work as it relates to the personnel consists in compiling the requests we receive by order of seniority, regardless of whether the request applies to holidays, a leave without pay, a mini-block or a shared block. Our Committee is also responsible for granting annual vacations based on the calendar provided by the company. This occurs during the month of November.
Contact : pmc@atcomponent.com
Chair : Marcus Dearn
Component link : Lisa Berni
Air Transat : 1- Suzanne Lapointe
YUL : 1- Jennifer Power, Stéphanie Léonard
YYZ : 1- Marcus Dearn 2-Orsola Garcia
YVR : 1- Lori Torlone 2-Benoît Thibault
Blocking Committee
Our mandate is to ensure that the preparation and awarding of regular and reserve blocks are in accordance with the provisions of the Collective Agreement.
Contact : pbs@atcomponent.com
Chair : Karine Castano
Component link : Lisa Berni
Air Transat : Suzanne Lapointe
YUL : 1- Andréanne Charlebois 2-Lea Napoletano 3-Isabelle Ménard
YYZ : 1- Yolanda Fernandez 2-Ana Rodrigues
YVR : 1- Laura Oswin 2-Raymond Sukul
Bargaining
As defined in the bylaws, the Bargaining Committee is represented by the six members of the Component Executive, chaired by the President.
President:Dominic Levasseur
Lisa Berni
Martin Rondeau
Marie-Hélène Nadeau
Jill Patterson
Sheena Sumra
Alexandre Prégeant, CUPE rep
Duty Free
Our Committee’s objective is to make recommendations to the Company in order to maximize our revenues with the commissions on the duty free products.
Contact : dutyfree@atcomponent.com
Chair : Georgia Kalogiannis
Component link : Sheena Sumra
Air Transat : Fernando Moreria
YUL : Jennifer Yurchuk
YYZ : 1- Geraldine Carroll 2- Kieta D’Aguilar
YVR : 1- Sheena Sukhraj Sumra 2- Olivier Bouhadana
Hotel and Transportation
Made up of one Cabin Attendant representative per home base, this Committee is designed to evaluate hotels and any other related matters dealing with accommodations when Cabin Personnel are away from home base.
Before sending us comments via email, it is essential that you complete a crewcare report via Mundo. Crewcares are the best way to get the proper follow up.
Contact: hotel@atcomponent.com
Chair: Philippe Jutras
Component link: Dominic Levasseur
Air Transat : Suzanne Lapointe
YUL: Lyne Nantel
YYZ : Siuzanne Lamont
YVR: 1- Daniel Charette
Interline
The interline committee was created as an advisory group. Our mission is to bring suggestions and solutions to the Blue Plass department with the intention of ultimately improving travel benefits for all CA’s.
Contact : interlinets@gmail.com
Chair : Julie Tan-Ramos
Component link: Dominic Levasseur
YUL : 1-David Coulombe 2-Tanya Puri
YYZ : 1-Géraldine Caroll
YVR : 1- Michael Thomas
Young Workers
The mission of the Young Workers’ Committee is to increase the involvement of young people in our union structures and to overcome the lack of historical knowledge about our union movement, its role, its struggles, and its gains to mobilize the young generation of workers. The young workers’ committee have, as a mission, to give a voice to the new generation by focusing on the reflection of our issues, our needs and examining the question of the mobilization of young people in our union structure.
Contact : youth@atcomponent.com
Chair: VACANT
Component link : Marie-Hélène Nadeau
YUL: Claudia Obed Larosilièere, Mélissa Paul Battist
YYZ : Caitlin Eid
YVR : VACANT
Language Qualified
This subcommittee was created to analyse options that will not negatively impact the LQ coverage and at a reasonable cost for system configuration.
Contact :
Chair : Lydia Brescia
Component link : Lisa Berni
YUL : Lydia Brescia
YYZ : VACANT
YVR : VACANT
Crew Meal
The objective of this committee is to taste and make recommendations on the choice of the crew meals.The Committee, with the Company, shall be observant of all aspects of nutrition, meaning quantity and variety.The Company shall consult the members of the committee prior to determining, changing or renewing crew meals.
Contact : crewmeal@atcomponent.com
Chair : Stephanie Davy-Griffith
Component link : Jill Patterson
YUL : Sandra Remelgado
YYZ: Amanda Michalopoulos
YVR: Chantal Arsenault & Kait Glasser
Pension and Retirement
Our mission will always be to inform you about about your pension/retirement plans: RRMS and RRSP/DPSP.
Contact : pension@atcomponent.com
Chair : Charles-Éric Latour
Component link: Sheena Sumra
YUL: Marie-Claude Bourdages
YYZ: David Ogilvie
YVR: Julie Roberts
Health and Safety
The Safety Committee shall act to prevent industrial diseases and work-related accidents, and in order to ensure the health, safety and sanitation of the cabin crew at all times on the premises and in connection with the work, the Company shall take appropriate measures.
Please do not stop sending us coruson reports!
Contact : hs-chair@atcomponent.com
Chair : Susan Ireland
Component link: Jill Patterson, Dominic Levasseur
Lien Air Transat: Nathalie Legault (PC)
YUL : 1-Lisa Kampis 2- Marilou Jade Perreault
YYZ: 1- Jennifer Ashitei Wysocki 2- Eva Gile
YVR 1-Julie Poupart 2-Sheena Sumra
Service
As per articles 7.02 and 7.04, the company is required to consult the Union prior to making any changes that affect our duties. The company continues to maintain its management rights as per article 2; however, our consultative role is strong and gives us a voice with regards to service and standards.
Contact : service@atcomponent.com
Chair : Sandrine La Via
Component link : Dominic Levasseur
Air Transat : Fernando Moreira
YUL : 1-Sonia Pereira 2 VACANT
YYZ : 1- Marcus Dearn 2- Tracey King-Tomlinson 3-Julie Macleod
YVR : 1- Leanne Poon 2-Linnea Chaves
Trustees
The trustees shall act as Auditing Committee on behalf of the members and audit the books and accounts of the Secretary-Treasurer at least once every calendar year. They make a written report of their finding to the first Membership Meeting following the completion of each Audit.
Contact : treasurer@atcomponent.com
Component link : Martin Rondeau
Component
3 years- Leanne Poon
2 years- Vacant, see election notice
1 years- Vacant see election notice
YUL :
1 year : Sophie Chevrefils
2 years : Jennifer Power
3 years: Daniel St-Amand
YYZ :
Marta Jeziorowska
Stephanie Davy-Griffith
Meagan McDonough
YVR :
Leanne Poon
Patricia Kelly
Jean-Francois Laframboise
Tabulating/ elections
The Tabulation Committees of Locals 4041, 4047, 40478 and the Component shall be responsible for the conduct of voting for Union Officer elections. The committees shall ensure compliance with bylaws in their respective local or component constitution.
Contact : Tabulating@atcomponent.com
Chair : Maria Zongos
Component link: Lisa Berni / Martin Rondeau
YUL : Melissa Paul Battist
YYZ : Maria Zongos
YVR : Lori Torlone
Pink Triangle
To promote and protect the same employee benefits and the same rights and privileges for members who identify themselves as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual and/or Two-Spirited. Lets no forget the signification of pink triangle : This symbol dates back to Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s. Homosexuality was outlawed and gays and lesbians were sent to the concentration camps. Gay men were forced to wear the pink triangle just as the Jews were forced to wear the yel- low star to identify which group they belonged to.
Contact : pink@atcomponent.com
Co-Chairs : Lee Lessard, David Coulombe
Component link: Dominic Levasseur
YUL : David Coulombe
YYZ : Lee Lessard
YVR : Vacant
Uniform
The mandate of our Committee is to represent and defend the interests of our members to ensure that they are provided with a uniform that is both as comfortable and as safe as possible.
Contact: uniform@atcomponent.com
Chairperson: Daniel Pelletier
Component link: Lisa Berni
Local 4041(YUL): Marie-Claude Lauzon
Local 4047(YYZ): Pamela Hodge, Grace Miyasaki, and Teresa Barroso
Local 4078(YVR): Linnea Chaves and Erika Nekuliak