Canada Global(Web News)The union representing 2,100 air transit flight attendants says it has rejected a tentative contract for the second time this year.
About 82 percent of the votes cast opposed the deal the Canadian Union of Public Employees reached with the airline in early January.
The union says compensation for hours worked before landing and after takeoff has been a sticking point.
Flight attendants also voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new strike mandate that will remain in effect until April 1.
The union, which rejected the first tentative agreement on Jan. 2, says the parties will return to the bargaining table soon.
Flight crews at the Montreal-based carrier, which is owned by tour operator Transit, voted in November for a strike mandate of more than 99 percent, the first since the contract expires in the fall of 2022.
