New contract ratified with Air Canada

The Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA) has announced that its members have ratified a new contract with Air Canada on collective agreement terms that will last for 12 years. Air Canada’s flight dispatchers are based at the airline’s Operations Center near Toronto Pearson International airport.

This new contract with CALDA follows on the conclusion of  ten year agreements with the IAMAW, which represents Air Canada’s 7,500 technical, maintenance, airport ramp and cargo personnel; with CUPE, representing the airline’s 6,500 flight attendants, and with ACPA, which represents around 3,000 pilots. It actually represents the seventh agreement reached by Air Canada and its unions.