Your Component in actio
In 2018, the Component filed a grievance ( TS-COMP-18-03) on article 20.07.02, loss of luggage, of the collective agreement. We are pleased to inform you that we have reached a settlement on the interpretation of the clause. Since 2018, TS refused to authorize the automatic payment of $50 for the period following the 1st 24 hours of lost luggage. Flight attendants affected by this grievance will be notified by e-mail in the coming days.
Here are the terms of the agreement:
As of the signing of this agreement, the parties agree to adopt the following interpretation of article 20.07 of the collective agreement:
In the event of temporary loss of luggage outside the home base, the Employer shall pay an indemnity of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to the cabin crew, calculated from the moment of arrival at the hotel without luggage;
Twenty-four (24) hours after payment of this allowance of two hundred dollars ($200.00), an additional allowance of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be paid by the Employer if the luggage has still not been retrieved by the cabin crew.
For example, if the cabin crew arrives at the hotel without luggage at 10:00 a.m. on September 12, they will receive an allowance of two hundred dollars ($200.00). Then, if the baggage has still not been retrieved by the cabin crew, they are entitled to an additional indemnity of fifty dollars ($50.00) as of 10:01 a.m. on the following day, September 13;
For each subsequent twenty-four (24) hour period (i.e. at 10:01 AM on September 14, September 15, etc.), compensation of fifty dollars ($50.00) is paid if the luggage is still not retrieved by the cabin crew, up to a maximum of six hundred dollars ($600.00);
Thus, the maximum amount that may be paid to a cabin crew for temporary luggage loss is six hundred dollars ($600.00), pursuant to article 20.07.02 of the collective agreement;
Payment of the indemnity terminates on the earliest of the following events:
– When the luggage is picked up by the cabin crew while they are still on rotation outside their home base;
– When the maximum amount of six hundred dollars ($600.00) is reached;
– When the cabin crew returns to its home base without having retrieved its luggage.
In the event that the cabin crew’s luggage is lost (and not found) or stolen, the cabin crew is entitled to a maximum indemnity of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00), as provided for in article 20.07.01 of the collective agreement. This amount is not, however, in addition to the indemnity of six hundred dollars ($600.00) provided for in article 20.07.02 of the collective agreement;
In fact, if the cabin crew has received compensation for temporary loss of luggage under article 20.07.02 of the collective agreement and its luggage is lost (and not found) or stolen, the Employer will pay the difference between the compensation of $750.00 and the amount already received by the cabin crew.