Air Canada flight attendants allege harassment, discrimination

Air Canada flight attendants allege they were lined up in a hallway during training and marked on their appearance — how they wear the uniform, their bodies, their makeup, their nails. They were told their “eyes were too small” and their skin colour “too white,” according to a human rights complaint recently submitted by their union. Inappropriate conduct is one of more than a dozen alleged instances of harassment and discrimination outlined in a 13-page complaint to the Canadian Human Rights Commission by the Air Canada Component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), on behalf of their members who work as cabin personnel (the majority of whom are female). An Air Canada spokesman said that there is a process for dealing with such allegations, adding: “There is no systemic issue at Air Canada”. <br/>