A crew of workers that handle jet gasoline utilized on the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) would possibly 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 staff’ firm, SGS Canada.
Rob Ashton, head of state of ILWU Canada, said the 11 just lately organized workers are searching for pay boosts, pension plan benefits and severance bundles as part of their preliminary cumulative association.
The workers discharge gasoline from ships previous to transferring it to the airport terminal. According to Ashton, this is only one of quite a few method ins which YVR obtains gasoline.
He said the staff are paid merely over the dwelling 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, nonetheless 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 related to SGS Canada and YVR for comment nonetheless didn’t promptly take heed to again.
