Widespread layoffs at Pearson International Airport may have been unavoidable at this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they expose the Government of Canada’s lagging response to safeguard the future of the aviation industry, says Unifor. “Canada’s airlines and airports are being left be...

300 baggage handlers, caterers and engineers in Fiji who had their contracts cancelled, are demanding to know why they were released when 100 jobs have since been advertised. Air Terminal Services (ATS) has claimed that it was forced to let staff go because of the impact the covid-19 pandemic bu...

Pilots’ union ALPA has responded to allegations an Air Malta pilot caused a flight delay by shopping by criticising airport ground handlers and mismanagement. After a flight to Palermo was delayed by 16 hours due to pilots calling in sick and lightning striking a grounded aircraft, claim the a...

Ground handlers working for AIR-France-KLM’s Dutch arm have called off plans to strike at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, after KLM signalled they would be ready to negotiate. Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV), the union representing the employees, announced on their website that talks w...

Employees of O’Hare International Airport and Midway International Airport have concluded a three-year battle for higher wages and benefits with their first-ever union contracts with airline contractors. Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) at the Chicago airports first ...

Strikes due to take place at Spanish airports have been cancelled 'at the last minute' following a round of negotiating talks, it has emerged. The strike action by ground handler employees was due to cause 'chaos' at airports in the country before an agreement was reached between the USO Air Sect...

According to reports, Ryanair and an Irish pilots union has reached an agreement over a recent employment dispute. National media in Ireland posted on social media that an 'agreement' had been reached by the two parties. See it below. https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1032522352679182336?ref_...

John Lennon Airport in Liverpool is anticipating a 'travel chaos' this summer as union strikes are set to go ahead, according to GMB. The union stated: "Liverpool Airport Ltd has failed to meet the aspirations of the GMB members, who have rejected the company’s proposed below inflation pay offe...

At approximately 2:30 p.m. today, WestJet received an interim certification order from the Canadian Industrial Relations Board confirming the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) as the certified bargaining agent for WestJet cabin crew members. The interim certification order does not incl...