Air Canada pilots’ strike narrowly averted by agreement with union

Air Canada pilots’ strike narrowly averted by agreement with union

Negotiations took place over a hundred days in fifteen months between Air Canada and the Air Line Pilotes Association, which represents 5,200 pilots from Air Canada and its subsidiary Rouge. The collective bargaining negotiations were at an impasse, and a deal had to be reached by Sunday to avert a mass strike. Air Canada feared … Read more

Food bank collection week 38 2024

Food bank collection week 38 2024

They would like the following items in the crates in week 38 to replenish the Food Bank’s stock of items. They would like the following items: can of ragout (chicken/mushroom), carton of juice, carton of coffee milk and carton of tea. You can help by donating products. For the coming week (from September 14 … Read more

Climate activists want Rijksmuseum to end sponsorship deal with KLM

Climate activists want Rijksmuseum to end sponsorship deal with KLM

In the opinion piece submitted, Simone Wiegman (who worked for KLM and its subsidiary Cygnific for over eleven years), Laura Kist (writer, singer and painter) and Boris Schellekens (campaign leader at Fossil Free NL) are extremely critical of the collaboration between the Amsterdam museum and KLM. KLM regularly transports works of art for the museum, … Read more

Schiphol expects more passengers next year than before corona

Schiphol expects more passengers next year than before corona

Van Oord emphasizes that he cannot make a “hard prediction”. It depends, among other things, on political decisions about the number of aircraft that are allowed to depart from Schiphol. This year that is more than 470,000, in 2019 it was almost 497,000. It is not expected that Schiphol will exceed that number of flights … Read more