A group of workers that handle jet fuel utilized on the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) may go on strike as early as Tuesday.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 502 claims it supplied a strike notification on Friday to the workers’ firm, SGS Canada.
Rob Ashton, head of state of ILWU Canada, said the 11 not too long ago organized workers are searching for pay boosts, pension plan benefits and severance bundles as part of their preliminary cumulative association.
The workers discharge fuel from ships previous to transferring it to the airport terminal. According to Ashton, this is only one of quite a lot of method ins which YVR obtains fuel.
He said the workers are paid merely over the residing wage in Vancouver, which has to do with $27 per hour.
“A lot of these workers have to work two jobs, and when you have an employer that works in international shipping, they should be paying a lot more than the living wage,” Ashton said.
The union has truly been bargaining with SGS Canada provided that June and has truly remained in talks with a authorities arbitrator provided that September, nevertheless Ashton said factors broke brief close to completion of final month.
“The employer up and walked away from the table, went back to Toronto, and the union’s been asking them through the conciliator to come back to the table to get a deal done,” he said.
“If they don’t come out of Toronto to get this deal done, then if something happens and if the fuel stops flowing to YVR, it’s on their shoulders because we’re doing everything that we can to get this done.”
CBC News linked to SGS Canada and YVR for comment nevertheless didn’t promptly take heed to again.
