Air Canada union members dismayed by arbitrator’s decision

The union representing Air Canada’s flight attendants says it is “profoundly” disappointed Canada Industrial Relations Board arbitrator Elizabeth MacPherson endorsement of Air Canada’s position that the provisions be imposed without alteration. The new four-year deal expires March 31, 2015. “Flight attendants deserve better than this decision,” Paul Moist, national president of CUPE, the attendants’ union, said in a release. “They deserve better treatment from Air Canada, and they certainly deserve better from their federal government,” said Moist. “This government has been extremely irresponsible, and it’s their constant interference in collective bargaining that tipped the scales in favour of the company