Right after the golden moments in Canadian history Air Canada is laying off more than 1,000 machinists seconded to work at maintenance and overhaul company Aveos Fleet Performance in Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver.
The layoffs, which will take place in April and June, include 195 permanent job cuts and 815 temporary job losses. The unionized machinists are being affected by reduced demand for heavy maintenance of Air Canada’s A319 and A320 planes.
Mitigation efforts reduced the number of permanent job losses but increased the number of workers who will be off the job for several months this year.
The first wave of layoffs will affect about 470 workers, the second in June another 540. The layoffs will affect some 445 workers in Montreal, 345 in Winnipeg and 220 in Vancouver. Some of those temporarily laid off could be back at work in July as work picks up, Aveos spokesman Michael Kun said.
Fred Hospes, a union official with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, accused the airline of bargaining in bad faith during months of efforts to minimize worker layoffs.
He said Air Canada rejected a government-sponsored employment insurance workshare program.
Air Canada wouldn’t specifically comment on mitigation efforts but said two of the three programs are provided for in the collective agreement. Aveos, formerly known as Air Canada Technical Services, was set up in 2007.
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