{"id":13729,"date":"2014-06-04T20:11:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T12:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=13729"},"modified":"2014-06-04T20:11:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T12:11:27","slug":"workers-set-to-begin-strike-at-bcs-cascade-aerospace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/04\/workers-set-to-begin-strike-at-bcs-cascade-aerospace\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers set to begin strike at BC’s Cascade Aerospace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ABBOTSFORD, BC — Barring a last-minute tentative agreement, the 440 workers at Cascade Aerospace in Abbotsford, B.C., are set to begin a strike today at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

Unifor says workers at the aerospace company are being asked for concessions that include rolling back benefits.<\/p>\n

Gavin McGarrigle, the union’s B.C. area director, says Unifor has ‘”no intention of accepting concessions from a company as profitable as Cascade.”<\/p>\n

The union earlier claimed the company has been making plans to bring in replacement workers in the event of a strike.<\/p>\n

McGarrigle said in a statement late Tuesday he is concerned that other workers are ”going to be rushed in” to perform work normally done by skilled engineers and technicians.<\/p>\n

The workers include aircraft maintenance engineers, interior technicians, painters, maintenance, planning clerks and sheet metal mechanics.<\/p>\n

Cascade Aerospace is owned by the Halifax-based IMP group.<\/p>\n

It is the main Department of National Defence contractor for repair and overhaul on the Hercules aircraft heavy transport fleet. It also repairs commercial aircraft for firms such as Canjet.<\/p>\n

Workers at the plant voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike earlier this month to push for a new contract to replace one that expired on March 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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