Air Canada baggage handlers, cleaners walk out to support strikers
Jun 15, 2011, 9:17 am
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Air Canada baggage handlers, cleaners walk out to support strikers
Aleysha Haniff Staff Reporter
Air Canada workers who remain on the job briefly walked out at Pearson International Airport Wednesday morning in a show of support for their striking fellow employees.
Between 200 and 300 baggage handlers, mechanics and cabin service cleaners stopped working for about 25 minutes starting around 9 a.m., said Boyd Richardson, a spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
“Our members were showing some solidarity to our CAW brothers and sisters” in opposition to the government’s threat to impose back-to-work legislation, Richardson said.
The workers gathered in the commuter area for shorter flights, Richardson said, where marching members of the CAW could see them.
Air Canada’s 3,800 customer service workers walked off the job early Tuesday after talks failed to resolve wages and pension issues.
Wednesday’s walkout in support of the strikers was not authorized by the machinists’ union, Richardson said.
Air Canada workers who remain on the job briefly walked out at Pearson International Airport Wednesday morning in a show of support for their striking fellow employees.
Between 200 and 300 baggage handlers, mechanics and cabin service cleaners stopped working for about 25 minutes starting around 9 a.m., said Boyd Richardson, a spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
“Our members were showing some solidarity to our CAW brothers and sisters” in opposition to the government’s threat to impose back-to-work legislation, Richardson said.
The workers gathered in the commuter area for shorter flights, Richardson said, where marching members of the CAW could see them.
Air Canada’s 3,800 customer service workers walked off the job early Tuesday after talks failed to resolve wages and pension issues.
Wednesday’s walkout in support of the strikers was not authorized by the machinists’ union, Richardson said.
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