With the federal government poised to legislate striking Air Canada employees back to work, the airline's customer service and sales staff remained off the job for a second day on Wednesday.Labour Minister Lisa Raitt told the House of Commons Tuesday that the Conservative government is ready to end the strike as early as Thursday if the airline and the Canadian Auto Workers union can't agree on a new contract.
The union reacted harshly to the federal move, both in statements from the leadership and on the picket lines.
“There is a lot of anger and frustration here from the striking workers,” CBC reporter Salimah Shivji said from Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport Wednesday. “They are livid that the government is willing to table back to work legislation.”
While picketers at Trudeau airport were loudly chanting and blowing whistles, operations appeared to be running smoothly. Some non-CAW employees such as pilots were delayed crossing picket lines, but passengers were mostly taking Air Canada's advice to travel without checked luggage and to check in online before arriving at the airport.
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