VICTORIA, BC, Jan. 16, 2012 /CNW/
Newswire.ca recently shared that the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) served a 72 hour strike notice on Jan. 16, 2012 at the bargaining table with Viking Air. Viking Air is an aircraft manufacturing and repair firm based on Vancouver Island near Sidney, British Columbia. CAW currently represents a bargaining unit of 270 workers at Viking Air including aircraft mechanics, machinists, sheet metal mechanics, painters, welders, stores persons and labourers.
"The skilled workers at Viking Air have been patiently waiting for well over a year for a new contract that addresses wages, benefits and job security issues," said CAW National Representative Gavin McGarrigle. "The union reached a new contract with Cascade Aerospace in Abbotsford last year without any disruption and that pattern should work for Viking Air as well," he added.
The workers at Viking Air voted 94 per cent in favour of strike action on October 28, 2011.
"We're going to work hard in bargaining this week to reach a fair deal as a strike at Viking Air will completely disrupt production and further delay deliveries of many new Twin Otter aircraft that are already behind schedule," said McGarrigle.
Hi Sasha,
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