so if you have the time before you hit 60 then pass a motion to have a new IVR vote to see if the membership wants to continue to fight against over 60. When 51 % of our membership votes for change than I will accept over 60...
This has been said 1 million times already but our union, many of our pilots and you specifically still don't get it. It isn't an issue that we vote to change or not. Age discrimination is illegal and we have been told so by the CHRT. You can agree with it or not, but we will comply regardless of what our contract says. Continuing to fight it is doing massive harm to us and is futile. The sooner that fact sinks into to some brains around here the sooner we can begin the long process of fixing what's really wrong.
This week ACPA received information that a group of pilots represented by Raymond Hall have filed a Duty of Fair Representation complaint against ACPA under the Canada Labour Code concerning our response to the retirement at Age 60 issues. Section 37 of the Code provides that a union shall not act in a manner that is arbitrary, discriminatory or in bad faith in the representation of any of the employees in the bargaining unit with respect to their rights under the collective agreement that is applicable to them. We anticipated this tactic and welcome the opportunity to respond before the Canada Industrial Relations Board. We do not believe the complaint has any merit.
According to this release from ACPA the MEC knew ahead of time that the memorandum of understanding signed with the company would result in a DFR complaint against them. Yet for some incomprehensible reason they went ahead and did it anyway.
If anybody can provide a rational explanation for this irrational, divisive and self-destructive act let's hear it.