Dave Clark: Vancouver International Airport

Vancouver International Airport: The airport quickly stressed that a strike vote is a routine step in labour negotiations, citing the facility's long history of labour peace to assure the travelling public there is at least, for now no immediate threat to operations, according to Huffington Post. The workers held a vote last Thursday, with 83 per cent casting ballots in favour of a strike. The vote automatically triggers a 21-day cooling-off period, said union vice-president Dave Clark, meaning the earliest the workers or employer could trigger a strike or lockout would be just before Labour Day and VANCOUVER - Hundreds of unionized workers at Vancouver International Airport have voted in favour of a strike, with the union warning that such a walkout could happen as early as the Labour Day long weekend. The dispute involves about 300 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, who provide services such as emergency response, international arrivals customer care, passenger loading, runway maintenance and lighting, general maintenance, and administration. The workers are members of the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees, a division of the public service alliance. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.