{"id":983,"date":"2023-02-10T16:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T21:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atcomponent.com\/?p=983"},"modified":"2023-02-10T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T21:20:08","slug":"flight-attendants-work-unpaid-about-one-week-a-month-according-to-new-survey-meanwhile-massive-bonuses-are-being-deferred-for-transat-a-t-s-top-executives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atcomponent.com\/en\/2023\/02\/10\/flight-attendants-work-unpaid-about-one-week-a-month-according-to-new-survey-meanwhile-massive-bonuses-are-being-deferred-for-transat-a-t-s-top-executives\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight attendants work unpaid about one week a month according to new survey! Meanwhile, massive bonuses are being deferred for Transat A.T.&#8217;s top executives!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>After a difficult year in 2022 for everyone with inflation and work overload. This morning we learned that Transat&#8217;s senior executives have set aside nearly 2.5$ million in cash bonuses payable in three years!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This news is outrageous!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The salary gap between employees and senior executives continues to grow, what a disgrace! Many of you shared your frustration with us as soon as the news broke this morning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, the Airline Division released the results of the survey on unpaid work in our industry.\u00a0<strong>On average, almost one week of work per month is performed by our members \u00a0without pay!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This must stop!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is the press release issued by the Airline Division Presidents&#8217; Council.<\/p>\n<p><em>At the bottom of this email you will find the Press article on deferred cash bonuses. It is in French, we could not find similar articles in\u00a0the news in English.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u>Press Release<\/u><\/p>\n<p><u>February 8th, 2023<\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>A new survey of Canadian flight attendants from CUPE\u2019s Airline Division shows that flight attendants in Canada are performing unpaid work for 34.86 hours per month, on average.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The survey, which ran between December 10, 2022 and January 11, 2023, and received 9,807 responses, shows in detail just how rampant the issue of unpaid work has become in the airline sector, and the profound impact it is having on airline workers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cUnpaid work is a dirty secret in this industry, and one we are determined to stamp out,\u201d said Wesley Lesosky, President of CUPE\u2019s Airline Division. \u201cThe bottom line is, if we\u2019re on the jobsite, in our uniforms, performing work duties then we should be getting paid &#8211; full stop.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Examples of work that largely goes unpaid, according to the survey, include boarding, ground preparation, pre-boarding preparation, galley preparation, and other pre-flight duties. Put together, a flight attendant in Canada puts in nearly a full week of full-time work that goes unpaid over the course of a typical block, which is usually one month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Over half of the nearly 10,000 respondents also indicated that they are compensated below their full hourly rate of pay for mandatory training.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it stands, when a flight attendant gets trained on how to manage a safety issue or a mid-air medical issue, or when they assist a passenger in a wheelchair to their seat, they aren\u2019t getting paid what they should be,\u201d Lesosky continued. \u201cI\u2019m not sure how anyone justifies that.\u201d\u00a0<em>CUPE\u2019s Airline Division represents approximately 18,500 flight attendants working at ten airlines across Canada.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/affaires\/entreprises\/2023-02-08\/aide-federale-a-transat-a-t\/des-primes-differees-en-attendant-la-fin-des-restrictions.php\">https:\/\/www.lapresse.ca\/affaires\/entreprises\/2023-02-08\/aide-federale-a-transat-a-t\/des-primes-differees-en-attendant-la-fin-des-restrictions.php<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dominic Levasseur,\u00a0<\/strong>President of your component<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a difficult year in 2022 for everyone with inflation and work overload. 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