MONTREAL – Their union says Air Transat flight attendants have voted in favour of a new contract with the Montreal-based company.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees says 61 per cent of employees voted in favour of a mediator’s recommendation to end the labour dispute.
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In a vote on June 30, 93.2 per cent of cabin crew members had rejected a tentative agreement reached on June 6, just days after they voted in favour of a strike mandate.
Air Transat says the six-year contract is now in force, retroactive to Nov. 1, 2015.
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Union president Martyn Smith says CUPE is “very satisfied with the outcome of the bargaining process.”
CUPE represents about 1,750 flight attendants.
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