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New polling conducted by Abacus Data confirms that nearly 9 in 10 Canadians support Air Canada flight attendants’ fight for fair pay – and they want the federal government to back off and let them negotiate it freely and fairly.

  • 88% per cent of Canadians believe flight attendants should be paid for all work-related duties including boarding, delays, and safety checks.
  • 59% believe the federal government should respect flight attendants’ right to take job action – even if it causes travel disruptions.
  • 76% support raising their pay to reflect the important safety role they play.
  • 71% support Air Canada matching or exceeding competitor airline pay as Canada’s flagship carrier
  • 80% support raising flight attendant pay to meet the rising cost-of-living.
  • 59% think Air Canada’s wage increase for junior flight attendants is still too low to live on in major cities, and only 19% think Air Canada’s wage offer is fair.

The survey also confirms the public is tuning in, with 43% saying they are following the process closely.

The survey of 1500 across Canada was conducted on August 14-15 with a weighted sample. Read more here.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago

Whodathunk a banker and WEF stooge would be on the side of the ruling class, huh.

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca 11 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Who are the other 12%??? Sociopaths???

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 hours ago

Who are the other 12%??? Sociopaths???

Business owners.

So... maybe

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

Nope, this is one of the many situations where dumb Albertans will correctly identify that the Liberal government are pro-business jackasses.

They just go on to say that the this is why you should have voted Conservative, because, well. Dumb Albertans.

[–] West_of_West@piefed.social 43 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The government shouldn't be involved in union busting. AC has no reason to bargain in good faith if the government continues to throw workers under the (air)bus

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca 6 points 10 hours ago

Absolutely.

Chalk up another one under disappointments from the Carney government.

[–] slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca 18 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

How many times has this government forced strikers back to work? Like 4 times now?

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

4 times in the past year. Rail workers, dock workers, postal workers, and now flight attendants.

[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but this time the shitlibs ordered the employees of a private company back to work. Air Canada is American owned btw. So glad the workers stayed on strike. Fuck the shitlibs. Workers Rights 💯no work for no pay.

[–] Thalion@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

Air Canada is American owned btw

Uh, source? I'm fairly confident it is not. And in fact is required by law to be 75% Canadian owned

[–] ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social 9 points 9 hours ago

The Liberals, and neoliberals generally, are anti-labour and will support the very few ultra wealthy over the millions of us every single time.

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Under Carney? Or just the Liberals since 2015?

[–] slykethephoxenix@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 hours ago

Either/both. Seems to be a pattern.

[–] nocklobster@lemmy.world 25 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Who the hell are the 12% who DONT think people should be paid during work?! We need to find that group and expel them immediately because that’s just fucked!

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 10 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Not the answer I expected, but realized is the answer.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 5 points 14 hours ago

At least some of them may be waiting for a flight!

[–] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think it's necessarily important that they get paid directly for all hours, as long as they think that their compensation is fair. If they got $1000/hour flight time and nothing for pre and post flight, I'm sure they'd all be happy. They might even be fine with a fixed yearly salary tied to a certain number of flight hours.

However, they're clearly not happy with the current arrangement. My understanding is that their pre and post flight duties have increased over the years, and their hourly wage for flight time hasn't kept up. An hourly wage per hour worked is probably the easiest way to handle this, and I'm not really sure why they haven't done so.

[–] cyborganism@piefed.ca 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I disagree. Because this can lead to abuses. A fair wage is getting paid for every minute of work that you perform, from the moment you set foot in your place of work, from the moment you step out. And that means an airport.

Heck I'd even add that people should be compensated for the commute to work.

[–] GameGod@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I agree with the first part, but paying for the commute doesn't make sense because YOU choose where you live. Your employer doesn't get a say at all in where you live. It's not part of the job. Also, if employers were paying for your commute, good luck getting a job if you live in the suburbs and have to commute, because now you're more expensive to hire than people who live closer.

[–] ganryuu@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 hours ago

Maybe if we were getting paid for the commute we would not see all those returns to office for people who can work just as well if not better from home.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Are these the inklings of class consiousness or just a happy coincidence?

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

Actually being paid for work you're doing is a pretty easy thing to get behind even for right wingers. It's the easiest of labour issues. So to answer your question, it's not so much a coincidence as it is lowest of low hanging fruit.