Air Transat pilots gear up for strike as union issues 72-hour notice
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Air Transat pilots' union has given airline management a 72-hour strike notice. Job action is set to start at 3 a.m. ET Wednesday if there's no progress toward a new contract.
Air Transat pilots could be on the picket line as soon as Wednesday as their union gave notice to the company following an overwhelming vote a few days earlier supporting a strike mandate.
The Air Line Pilots Association says it issued a 72-hour strike notice to airline management, with a potential strike set to begin at 3 a.m. Eastern standard time on Wednesday.
“There is still time to avoid a strike, but unless significant progress is made at the bargaining table, we will strike if that’s what it takes to achieve a modern contract,” said Capt. Bradley Small, chair of the Air Transat Master Executive Council.
According to ALPA, 98 per cent of eligible Transat pilots cast ballots in the recent strike-mandate vote, with 99 per cent voting “yes” to strike, if necessary.
Pilots opened a “strike centre” in Montreal last month and held information pickets in the city and in Toronto.
The pilot’s previous collective agreement, which had been in place for a decade, expired in April this year. The union says wages at the airline have suffered due to the lack of a new collective agreement.
Negotiations between the airline and the union began in January, with both parties entering conciliation in September. An agreement was not reached by the Nov. 18 deadline, which kicked off a 21-day cooling off period that expires on Dec. 10.
“No pilot wants to strike, but Air Transat management has left us no choice,” Small said. “Months of unproductive bargaining ends now. If we cannot reach an agreement, management will be responsible for every cancelled flight and stranded passenger.”
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