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Wages proved the final sticking point in Air Transat pilot talks
The agreement ended a strike threat that risked disrupting holiday travel for thousands and capped cancellations at 18 flights, union and airline officials said.
- On Tuesday, Transat A.T. Inc. and the union representing its 750 pilots reached a tentative deal Tuesday evening, averting a costly work stoppage ahead of the holiday rush.
- Income and compensation remained the final obstacle as Air Transat negotiators and the Air Line Pilots Association resolved non-monetary issues such as scheduling and health protections, with wages and compensation the lone issue.
- In Montreal, negotiators hammered out the final wage details in a white, windowless room after more than a week of round-the-clock talks and breakout sessions, with federal conciliators present and the two sides shaking hands sometime after 5 p.m.
- Eighteen flights were cancelled as part of a precautionary wind-down, all to or from Toronto or Montreal; previously suspended services included Mexico, the Caribbean, Peru, London and Paris, Transat said.
- The dispute was part of wider airline labour tensions after the labour dispute would have marked the third airline strike in about 18 months in Canada's airline sector as workers seek gains achieved elsewhere in North America, and bargaining intensity underscored the wider tensions.
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Strongly increased entry wages, a signing bonus and increases of 50% spread over five years for the oldest... Air Transat pilots were able to follow the trend in industry with the agreement in principle that their union entered into with the air carrier, La Presse learned.
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Air Transat strike update: Only 18 flights canceled as union reaches deal
MONTREAL - A tentative deal has yielded big wage gains for Air Transat pilots, the culmination of nearly a year of bargaining and 10 straight days of intense negotiations that
·Toronto, Canada
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