> >Human Resources Development Canada Approves Air Canada Caw Voluntary >Workshare Program > > > > > > MONTREAL, Dec. 21 /CNW/ - Air Canada announced today that Human Resources >Development Canada (HRDC) has approved the airline's voluntary Workshare >Program for employees represented by the CAW, designed to mitigate job >reductions. The Workshare Program compensates employees for reduced hours >through the Employment Insurance (EI) Workshare Program. Over 2100 CAW >customer sales and service agents have applied to participate in the program. > On November 29, 2001 Air Canada announced that it had reached an >agreement with the CAW on voluntary workplace programs to mitigate job >reductions. The agreement, which builds on a tentative agreement on >worksharing reached October 21, is expected to result in significant cost >reductions through programs including the job sharing program as well as >leaves of absence and a special retirement incentive severance plan. The >agreement takes immediate effect with savings to be realized beginning in >early January 2002. > > The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) locals 2213 and 1990 represent >approximately 6600 Air Canada customer sales and service agents at airports >and call centres in Canada. > > The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com ICQ: ICQ # 15836110 ICQ Pager: mailto:15836110@pager.icq.com escape email #!1 mailto:ejames@escape.ca yahoo email #2: mailto:triniroj@yahoo.com Yahoo Pager: triniroj Caribbean Brass & Soca Connection Group on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/caribsocabrass Caribbean Brass & Soca Connection Club Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeansocabrassconnection/ ******************************************************* Steel Expressions Orch http://www.escape.ca/~ejames/se/ email #1: mailto:steelexpressions@yahoo.com email #2: mailto:steelexpressions@home.com ******************************************************* The Trinbago Site of the Week: (101 Art Gallery) http://101artgallery.com (101 Art Gallery) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************