Ian Haugen is a busy Uber driver these days. He needs the income because he was laid off from his screening job at Victoria International Airport (YYJ) along with 35 other of his employees.
“Honestly, if I hadn’t used Uber as a source of income, the cost of living, especially in Victoria, would have been very difficult,” Mr Haugen said.
I worked there for 10 months, managing employees in a secure area at Victoria Airport. After two weeks on administrative leave, he finished his job.
Haugen told CHEK News on Wednesday: “I received a call from the human resources department and was told that I was being terminated.”
“They didn’t tell us anything about the reason, just that there was a violation or negligence at one of the employee checkpoints.”
His employer, Allied Universal Security, Canadian Air Transport Security Agencyor CATSA, operates airport inspection departments.
Allied did not respond to requests for an interview.
In a statement sent to CHEK News, CATSA said it has not and cannot instruct AUS to terminate any employees.
Another airport manager, Randy Lai, said he received no warning.
βI got a call on February 7th. I was called into work early that morning because the person on the other end was sick. I worked a 12-hour shift. I finished my job. “I was grateful for that,” he said.
“And when I got home, I got a call at 7 o’clock that night telling me that I was on vacation from work.”
But the next day, Mr. Lai was fired.
“This caught me off guard. It’s not clear what I obviously did. I think about ‘deliberate misconduct,’ but the definition of what that actually is.” There is no,β Lai said.
All employees who contacted CHEK News said they received no explanation as to why they lost their jobs.
Victoria Airport Authority declined an interview request.
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