Canada: Montreal airport refuellers, Swissport to resume negotiations Thursday

The union representing employees who refuel the planes at 2 Montreal airports will return to the negotiating table Thursday morning after a second straight day on the picket lines, though there was uncertainly late Wednesday around the timeline for relaunching formal talks. A Union spokesman initially said the 2 sides had agreed to meet the following morning beginning at 10 am. However, Swissport Canada said late Wednesday that it had received a call by mediators to "stand by" for the moment and that "we will not be at the table at 10 am tomorrow" for the initial meeting between the union and the mediator. Swissport, said "there was no question" the company was ready to negotiate Thursday when called upon. In the meantime, strikers returned to the picket lines for a demonstration at Trudeau airport at 2 pm. <br/>