{"id":838,"date":"2025-01-08T07:44:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/?p=838"},"modified":"2025-01-08T07:44:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:44:52","slug":"over-200-screeners-rally-at-yvr-for-respect-and-fair-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/?p=838","title":{"rendered":"OVER 200 SCREENERS RALLY AT YVR FOR RESPECT AND FAIR CONTRACTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, November 19, over 200 dedicated screeners gathered at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to demand respect and fair treatment. These frontline workers, who play a critical role in ensuring the safety and security of travelers, raised their voices in unison against what they perceive as unfair practices by their employer, Paladin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chants of \u201cShame on CATSA!\u201d resonated through the airport as screeners expressed frustration over inadequate working conditions and a lack of recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rally highlighted growing grievances among workers, focusing on wages, benefits, working conditions and respect in the workplace which served as a reminder to the public of the critical role screeners play in keeping air travel safe and put significant pressure on the employer to address the workers\u2019 concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As negotiations continue, all eyes will be on Paladin to see if it rises to the occasion and delivers a contract that meets the expectations of its workforce. For the screeners, the message is clear: respect, fairness and dignity are non-negotiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/s3TLQnzYRTs\">WATCH MORE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw.ca\/over-200-screeners-rally-at-yvr-for-respect-and-fair-contracts\/dflowers@iam140.ca\">Dave Flowers<br><\/a>PDGC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Posted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw.ca\/category\/news-releases-50\/\">News Releases<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>C\/O \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iamaw.ca\/author\/vanessa\/\">Vanessa Breidy<\/a>\u00a0\u00a022 November, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, November 19, over 200 dedicated screeners gathered at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to demand respect and fair treatment. These frontline workers, who play a critical role in ensuring the safety and security of travelers, raised their voices in unison against what they perceive as unfair practices by their employer, Paladin. Chants of \u201cShame [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-who-we-are"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":840,"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions\/840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iamdistrict250.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}