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Meeting with Offices of the Minister Transport Canada and Labour Canada

UCTE met on February 1 with representatives of both the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Labour to discuss the challenges faced within the aviation sector as a whole and not just the airline industry. Four specific issues were...

February 1, 2021

Letter sent to the new Minister of Transport the Honorable Omar Alghabra

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Letter sent to the new Minister of Transport the Honorable Omar Alghabra

Following the appointment of the new Minister of Transport, the Hon. Omar Alghabra, UCTE took the opportunity to raise concerns about the devastation of the COVID-19 to the aviation sector. In his letter, Brother Dave Clark raised the need for...

January 21, 2021

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National Drone Safety Awareness Day

Transport Canada is inviting Canadians to celebrate the first National Drone Safety Awareness Day, a day set aside to raise awareness about drone safety. Canada wants to educate the public about safe drone practices and showcase the interesting and innovative...

November 13, 2020

Health and safety

Member profile: Health and Safety Officer – Kim Wyllie

Professionally, Kim Wyllie wears many hats. As an employee of Transport Canada for more than 16 years, she is a Civil Aviation Safety Inspector for Cabin Safety & Aviation Occupational Health and Safety Officer,Delegated Labour Program Official . She is...

September 28, 2020

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Member’s profile: Karen Houlahan, Civil Aviation Safety Inspector – Transport Canada

Local 00018 Karen Houlahan has been working for Transport Canada as a Civil Aviation Safety Inspector (TI) in Civil Aviation Safety Inspector, Airworthiness for 26 years. She says: I was an aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) in the aviation industry with...

July 24, 2020

COVID-19

UCTE critical workers doing their part to help flatten the curve

Front-line workers of every kind are putting themselves at risk each and every day in the fight against the novel coronavirus. While some of our members are able to work from home, others still report into work each and every...

April 20, 2020

Union calls on employers to rescind layoff notices

COVID-19

Union calls on employers to rescind layoff notices

Considering the federal government announcements Monday about a wage subsidy of up to 75% for the first $58,700 and the suspension of rent payments for airport authorities, UCTE is calling on all employers who have already laid off or served...

April 8, 2020

COVID-19

Q&A about Layoffs

A lot of members are facing the possibility of being laid off. Below is a list of some of the more frequently asked questions we are receiving with answers: Here is a PDF that we design [fusion_button link=”http://bm5.5d8.mywebsitetransfer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/QandA-1.pdf” text_transform=”” title=””...

March 31, 2020

COVID-19

PM’s new wage subsidy program welcomed

On Monday March 30th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a wage subsidy to help all businesses, big or small, including charities and not-for-profits to a maximum 75% wage subsidy. Although details are short on how the program will be implemented...

March 31, 2020

Meeting with Ministers Garneau and Morneau

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Meeting with Ministers Garneau and Morneau

The Canadian Labour Congress and some of its affiliate unions that included the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees met with Minister Garneau and Minister Morneau to discuss the impact of the novel coronavirus upon the airline industry on Saturday March...

March 30, 2020