Dear Members,

The Union has been advised by the Company of further ‘recalls’ to active status for some Swoop Members who are currently on furlough. This recall will see a total of 34 Flight Attendants returned to active status. This recall is a result of increased frequency in the WO network heading into the summer:

Recall by Base:

YHM/YYZ: 22

YEG: 12

Swoop will be sending the recall notices for the YHM/YYZ co-base by end of day today, Thursday May 20, 2021 and will be effective June 11, 2021. Recall notices for the YEG base will be sent out by end of day on Tuesday May 25, 2021. Recall will occur based on the Company Service Lists that are published – the same lists that were used to determine those who were placed on inactive status and will be completed in order of the Company Service Lists.

In the Memorandum of Agreement agreed to between the Union and the Company, there exists two (2) options for the time-frame of recall and acceptance by the Member. The Company will execute “Option 2 - Recall.”Members receiving a Notice of Recall will have seven (7) days to respond either to accept or decline this recall.

To determine if you are eligible for this recall:

• Check the most recent personal email account that you have registered with the Company.

• Ensure to check your ‘spam/junk’ folder as well, just in case.

Ability to decline recall:

As per the MOU executed between Swoop and CUPE Local 4070, if recall is offered to you, you may elect to decline a recall, and await recall in the future should it occur. You may opt to decline any recall until such time as there are no other Members below you on your base’s Company Service List, at which time a decline to recall would be the end of your employment.

Urgency to respond ‘ACCEPT’ or ‘DECLINE’ to Recall Notices:

In previous recalls, the non-response rate (meaning no reply of ‘accept’ or ‘decline’ recall) has been high. As recovery of the industry progresses, recall may approach the lower end of a Company Service List in a specific base at any time.

When a Member does not respond to a recall notice, that Members’ response defaults to ‘DECLINE’. Should recall begin to be offered to Members in instances where there are no further Members below them on the list, the Member would need to accept the recall to their affected base.

NOTE: It will be clearly communicated by the Company to any Member that must accept that particular recall, as per the MOA referenced above. The Union urges Members to read every Notice of Recall carefully to avoid any issues that may arise from not accepting a required recall, should these become necessary.

Following this recall there will be a total of 107 active status Members at Swoop, with 48 in YEG and 59 in YHM/YYZ. There remain 128 Members on furlough and we will continue to work with the Company to recall every Member as soon as possible.

Should you have any questions for the Union, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Union via our contact form: www.cupe4070.ca/contact.


In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team