{"id":46557,"date":"2024-03-18T08:07:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T08:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manitimes.com\/hostile-offer-canadian-airbus-a220-workers-reject-contract-consider-strike-mandate\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T08:07:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T08:07:19","slug":"hostile-offer-canadian-airbus-a220-workers-reject-contract-consider-strike-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manitimes.com\/hostile-offer-canadian-airbus-a220-workers-reject-contract-consider-strike-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hostile offer\u2019: Canadian Airbus A220 workers reject contract, consider strike mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By Allison Lampert<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--noName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReuters<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div 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contract and are considering a strike mandate, a union official said, raising labor tensions as the European planemaker tries to reduce the money-losing jet\u2019s costs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>More than 99 per cent of the union members who voted rejected the contract, the union official said.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated 1,300 Montreal-area workers represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) in the Canadian province of Quebec, are voting on a strike mandate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"nl-region\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tThe email you need for the day&#8217;s<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t top news stories from Canada and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\" 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