Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon wouldn't say if there will be government intervention similar to the one that ended last month's rail shutdown.
Steve MacKinnon told reporters outside the Liberal caucus retreat in Nanaimo, B.C., that some “significant issues” remain unresolved but that headway had been made in talks between Air Canada and the Air Line Pilots Association union, despite both sides suggesting that negotiations had effectively stalled over recent weeks.
“There is absolutely no reason these parties cannot come to a negotiated agreement,” the minister said. “My position is that they should do the work necessary to relieve Canadians of the considerable uncertainty that this causes with respect to travel, with respect to economic issues, and to bear down, knuckle down and get a deal.”Unless a settlement is reached by Sunday, Sept. 15, either the airline or the union could issue a 72-hour lockout or strike notice.Flight cancellations could start as early as Friday if an agreement isn’t reached by then, the airline said.
ALPA said Monday that negotiations “continue to progress slowly, if at all,” and announced plans to open strike headquarters in Toronto on Thursday in anticipation of a work stoppage.similar to his decision to request binding arbitration “Our commitment is to collective bargaining, and we want to make sure that these parties are very, very focused on getting a deal at the table,” the minister said.The government made similar comments leading up to the lockout notice issued by CN Rail and CPKC amid stalled negotiations with the rail workers’ union, only announcing it would intervene less than 24 hours after the lockout began.
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