{"id":1306,"date":"2023-07-11T11:32:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T17:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2023-08-04T06:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T12:23:59","slug":"ndp-tables-bill-to-stop-exploitative-practices-against-airport-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"NDP tables bill to stop exploitative practices against airport workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 On Thursday, NDP critic for Labour Alexandre Boulerice&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.parl.ca\/LegisInfo\/en\/bill\/44-1\/c-330\">tabled a bill<\/a>&nbsp;that aims to end the exploitative practice of contract flipping by airport bosses that undermines airport workers\u2019 rights. If passed, Boulerice\u2019s bill would close a loophole in the Canada Labour Code to force an incoming subcontractor hired by any airport authority in Canada to honour collective agreements negotiated by outgoing employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs it stands today, airport bosses can flip a contract to the lowest bidder \u2014 even at short notice \u2014 to cut costs and increase profits at the expense of workers\u2019 jobs, salaries, and benefits. This is completely unacceptable,\u201d said Boulerice. \u201cMy bill will force newly incoming subcontractors to respect negotiated collective agreements with previous employers. This will better protect workers\u2019 jobs and livelihoods.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Montreal Airport bosses decided to flip their contracts from subcontractors Swissport and Airport Terminal Services to two new companies. This move by the airport will vaporize more than 600 jobs by June of this year since the two new subcontractors hired by Montreal Airport will have no obligation to honour the collective agreements negotiated with the previous employers. Boulerice\u2019s bill aims to end this unfair practice once and for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf Justin Trudeau\u2019s Liberals really care about workers, they should do the right thing and adopt my bill right away to protect jobs and workers\u2019 rights,\u201d said Boulerice. \u201cPeople are struggling with the rising cost of groceries and housing. They shouldn\u2019t have to worry about suddenly losing their job because of greedy big bosses who only care about profits. It&#8217;s time to end contract flipping exploitative practices for good. You can always count on New Democrats to fight for workers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/C-330_1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of C-330_1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-b27ef168-ab39-4a78-86e2-0d17dbc075c7\" href=\"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/C-330_1.pdf\">C-330_1<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/C-330_1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-b27ef168-ab39-4a78-86e2-0d17dbc075c7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>OTTAWA \u2014 On Thursday, NDP critic for Labour Alexandre Boulerice&nbsp;tabled a bill&nbsp;that aims to end the exploitative practice of contract flipping by airport bosses that <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/?p=1306\" title=\"NDP tables bill to stop exploitative practices against airport workers\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,17,21,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campaigns","category-general-info","category-international-news","category-machinists-news","category-political-action"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1309,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/1309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}