Dear Members,


Your Swoop CUPE 4070 Bargaining Committee continued in Collective Bargaining with the Company via zoom from June 1 - 3, 2021. This was an exceptionally productive round of negotiations, as outlined below.

Since our last update, the following ten (10) Articles have been signed in TA:

• Non-Bargaining Unit Employees and Inflight Duties

• Classification

• Legal

• Filling of Vacancies

• Language Qualifications

• Definitions (ongoing Article being added to during negotiations)

• Travel Privileges

• Unplanned Emergency Days

• Layoff and Recall

• Health and Safety

The work completed during last week’s negotiations has brought us much closer to the finish line of presenting each of you with CUPE 4070’s very first Tentative Agreement for Swoop Cabin Crew Members, and subsequent ratification vote.

To provide the Membership with perspective in terms of where we are at in the Collective Bargaining process:

Following completion of TAs for each of the planned forty-two (42) articles that will comprise the Swoop proposed Collective Agreement, the final step prior to the conclusion of negotiations will be the bargaining of the all-encompassing monetary and financial package. Essentially, this will be the negotiation of anything throughout all of the tentatively agreed to articles that is related to monetary or financial matters. These articles have been negotiated in principle, with specific dollar or cost amounts that have been left “TBD” or ‘to be determined’. This is common practice in negotiations of first Collective Agreements following union certification. All TBD references will have their specific value negotiated in the final monetary package. 

With over 80% of Articles signed in TA, the Committee would like to express our optimism towards having a full Tentative Agreement ready for presentation to the Membership, and subsequent ratification vote well prior to the end of the year. We will continue to communicate our progress with you.

Bargaining dates are secured through the summer and into September, should they be needed. Additionally, we have added a total of two (2) days, by adding single days onto existing blocks of Bargaining. Our priority is presenting you with your Tentative Agreement before the end of the year. The final bargaining dates for negotiations - secured into September, should they be necessary - over the next four (4) months are: 

June 15 - 17, 2021

June 28 - 30, 2021

August 9 - 12, 2021

August 23 - 26, 2021

September 7 - 9, 2021

September 21 - 23, 2021

As always, if you have questions or require assistance from your Union, please reach out to us at: www.cupe4070.ca/contact. 

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Swoop Bargaining Committee