Teamsters Canada welcomes the proposed amendments to the Aeronautics Act
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, heard the concerns on Bill C-6, an Act to Amend the Aeronautics Act.
MONTREAL, May 16 /CNW Telbec/ - Teamsters Canada welcomes the proposed amendments to the Act, which will improve safety for the travelling public and workers in the aeronautics industry. Teamsters Canada, Canada's transportation union with more than 130,000 members, is proud to represent workers in all sectors of the transportation industry.
Corporations are responsible to shareholders; government is responsible for the safety of the public. Mandated ministerial inspection in the industry ensures accountability rests where it must, with the government.
Regulations are often created in the backroom; regulations that would not stand the glare of the public spotlight. We applaud Minister Cannon's recognition of the problem and the solution permitting the House Committee's review of regulations passed under the Act.
Teamsters Canada understands fatigue in the workplace. Fatigue management is not a stand-alone solution. It works within hours of service to ensure workers cannot be pressured by a corporation to work beyond what is physically safe for its need to turn a profit. Though permissive, Teamsters Canada welcomes Minister Cannon's recognition of "limiting hours of service" within the proposed amendments.
The general 40-hour work week does not exist in the transportation
industry; imagine the 14-plus hours worked back-to-back to ensure goods are on the shelf and the travelling public arrives at their destination safely.
Health issues of long hours of work are documented; fatigued flight attendants cannot fulfill their primary function, the safety of the public.
The Minister gets it, perhaps the regulators will too.
I am generally not a union fan but I have always acknowledged that unions generally improve and maintain a good level of workplace safety. It appears they may have assisted in this cause as well so I must give them their due.
gli77 wrote:I am generally not a union fan but I have always acknowledged that unions generally improve and maintain a good level of workplace safety. It appears they may have assisted in this cause as well so I must give them their due.
Look what unions have done to the auto industry. Ford GM and Dodge are all dying out because of the workers and their union.
gli77 wrote:I am generally not a union fan but I have always acknowledged that unions generally improve and maintain a good level of workplace safety. It appears they may have assisted in this cause as well so I must give them their due.
Look what unions have done to the auto industry. Ford GM and Dodge are all dying out because of the workers and their union.
It's not because of the workers and their union. It's their product. It doesn't appeal to the public as much as foreign vehicles. They haven't adjusted to what the public has been asking for.
Unrestricted cheap foreign imports is what is destroying the auto industry in North America.
Why do some countries have access to our markets and we do not have access to theirs ???
Do not blame the Unions for Nafta or the lack of Political will to control Canada's borders and what comes in and what goes out.
Question:Where would you prefer to be an auto worker if you were an auto worker Korea Japan Mexico or Canada ???
Now ask yourself why ???
I have worked in a lot of industries and the difference between Union and Non-Union can be counted in Body Bags.The safety stats in non-union jobs is horrific.Not every employer gives a rats ass if you get home to your family .
The Government usually ends up paying for the reckless behaviour of Companies and faceless unaccountable corporations.
It is in the Governments interest to carry out inspections throughout all industry to mitigate the costs incurred by the Government and prevent the misery and costs of industrial accidents in all industry .Not just Aviation.
Interesting how giving the union credit where credit is due spins off into something else.
2R you are incorrect in your statement about cheap foreign imports. Toyota's are known to be higher priced than the big 3, yet sales still climb. Price out a Tacoma vs an S10.
I would much rather be an auto worker in Japan than Canada.
You are bang on though with the last half of your post in regards to safety. I am not a union fan but I do recognize they do enforce workplace safety, and really at the end of the day that is a big plus.
Longtimer, that is the original amendment. Minister Cannon has recently presented changes due to the outcry at the Committee meetings. Changes which apparently mandate inspection and limiting hours of service.
Widow wrote:Longtimer, that is the original amendment. Minister Cannon has recently presented changes due to the outcry at the Committee meetings. Changes which apparently mandate inspection and limiting hours of service.
Then try this site which has the minutes of the meetings up to and including May 16 2007. But there is nothing minuted that covers what you are looking for.
Widow knows very well what has been going on at the Committee - in fact, she's been posting the updates regularly.
What she was asking about was the amendments to the amendments ( ) that were brought to the committee meeting on Monday afternoon. The Teamsters press release implies that they have seen these newest drafts...
Personally, I think that it is more politics and that they are trying to scoop CUPE in order to be seen as the organization with the ability to make changes happen. Currently, they represent the flight attendants at Jazz but judging by some of the discussions on other forums, the members aren't very happy with the representation Teamsters have been providing. That's just my take on it, of course...
Thanks longtimer, I do monitor the Committee meetings page and post updates on the Quest for Justice thread. The minutes from the 16th do refer to the changes, although it is hard to judge until the transcripts come in (next week?) just what the proposed changes are.
But the autindustry is filled with unskilled labour that is overpaid..
Unions in Aviation would protect the skilled pilot,, while kicking the asshole operators in the nuts.
Just my $0.02
Dust Devil wrote:
gli77 wrote:I am generally not a union fan but I have always acknowledged that unions generally improve and maintain a good level of workplace safety. It appears they may have assisted in this cause as well so I must give them their due.
Look what unions have done to the auto industry. Ford GM and Dodge are all dying out because of the workers and their union.
) that were brought to the committee meeting on Monday afternoon. The Teamsters press release implies that they have seen these newest drafts...
