Dear Members,

After returning to the bargaining table yesterday morning with Swoop management, your SWOOP CUPE Local 4070 Bargaining Committee is extremely proud to inform you that we have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) for the first ever Swoop Flight Attendant Union Collective Agreement.

This process has been time consuming and labour intensive for both sides since negotiations began in February 2020, over nineteen (19) months ago; and we are so very pleased to be able to bring you a solid TA for ratification vote.

Now that we have reached this Tentative Agreement, the following are the next steps towards ratification:

• The Tentative Agreement (TA) document will be prepared and released confidentially to all Swoop Members.

• The Bargaining Committee and CUPE National Representatives will produce video segments of each of the forty-four (44) Articles which comprise the TA. These will be uploaded to www.cupe4070.ca for all Swoop Members only.

• The Local will plan a series of virtual Roadshows open to all Swoop Members to ask questions directly of the Bargaining Committee such that you are fully informed as to what is contained in your TA being presented for ratification.

• CUPE Local 4070 will hold the ratification vote; via our independent third party voting platform. A vote of 50% plus one (1) vote of all Swoop Members who cast a ballot is needed to ratify the TA into a Collective Agreement (CA).

This is an exciting time for all of us, and we could not be more pleased to share this news with you today! The Union Local will work quickly to arrange all of the details of the ratification process as outlined above, and we will communicate with you as soon as these details are finalized in the coming days.

This is an historic day for all of our Swoop Members. We remain so proud to be your elected voice to bargain for our first ever Union Collective Agreement.

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