Toronto, ON – “There is no secret deal with Air Canada and the Machinists Union did not ask the Federal Labour Minister Lisa Raitt to intervene in the collective bargaining process,” said an angry Dave Ritchie – Canadian General Vice President of the IAMAW. Ritchie was responding to suggestions made on Canada Am today by labour relations lawyer Howard Levitt. Levitt told Canada AM the union representing Air Canada workers

Toronto, ON – « En mes 40 ans d’expérience en négociation collective, je n’ai jamais observé autant de colère que j’observe parmi nos membres qui travaillent pour Air Canada, a déclaré Dave Ritchie, vice-président général canadien de l’AIMTA. De toute évidence, le récent accord de principe conclu avec Air Canada ne tenait pas compte des préoccupations de nos membres, car 66 % de ceux-ci l’ont rejeté. » Durant la restructuration

Toronto, ON – “In my forty years of collective bargaining I have never seen the level of anger that I have seen in the membership at Air Canada,” said IAMAW Canadian General Vice President Dave Ritchie. “Clearly the recent tentative agreement with Air Canada did not address the concerns of our membership as it was rejected by a 66 per cent margin.” During the restructuring of Air Canada, our membership