Canadian Airbus workers reject company's second contract offer

Unionized employees at the Airbus assembly facility in Mirabel, Que., rejected the company's latest contract offer in a vote Sunday.

A statement from Airbus said it had been holding talks with representatives of the Airbus A220 workers since they rejected the first offer three weeks ago.

The company says the dialogue at the bargaining table had been "open and constructive," and it submitted a "new improved" offer to members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers on March 29.

But the Airbus statement says there is "still a gap between the union's demands and the current financial capacity of the A220 which has not yet reached breakeven."