This is the first time ever that the Canadian Labor Congress, CLS, is calling for a national boycott of an airline, according to Tim Perry.
The organization, which has 3.3 million members and organizes everything from pilots to teachers and nurses, is strongly critical of SAS's reorganization, which means that all new growth will take place in two new companies that do not prioritize the previous staff and do not give employees re-employment rights. .
- As we understand it, pilots at SAS have lost their jobs and been asked to apply for them again, but with significantly lower wages and working conditions.
And we do not think it is an acceptable way to negotiate or treat your employees, who have dedicated their careers at SAS, says Tim Perry.
He hopes that many Canadian travelers will opt out of SAS when they know the company's working methods.
"Management and board decide"
SAS, on the other hand, claims, in a written comment to SVT, that the reorganization will lead to more Swedish and Scandinavian job opportunities.
The airline also plans to change the Articles of Association at the Annual General Meeting on March 17, so that it is in accordance with the change.
It will require the active approval of the owners.
Among others, the Swedish state, which owns just over a fifth of SAS.
According to Minister of Trade and Industry Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson, the government expects state-owned companies to act in an exemplary manner, by having a healthy and safe working environment and decent working conditions, but emphasizes that working conditions are a matter for the board and management, not the owners.
- SAS staffing and management of employees are issues for SAS's management and board to handle and are not ownership issues.
When it comes to issues of wages and general working conditions, it is something that must be resolved in negotiations between the workers' union and the employer, he says in a written comment to SVT News.