WestJet, Air Canada say meals on some flights impacted by Gate Gourmet strike [Video]

Some flights may be departing from Toronto Pearson International Airport with “less or no food” after workers who prepare meals for in-flight service walked off the job on Tuesday, the union representing employees says.

Teamsters Local Union 647, which represents more than 800 workers with airline catering company Gate Gourmet, said employees began striking at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday after members rejected the final offer from the company.

“Our members accepted a wage freeze during the pandemic to help this company survive. Now their managers brag about how profitable their operations have become at Pearson, while proposing wage increases as low as 89 cents an hour,” Martin Cerqua, lead union negotiator and president of Local Union 647, said in a written statement.

Workers were seen on the picket line outside of Gate Gourmet on Britannia Road East in Mississauga on Tuesday morning.

In a statement released Monday, the union said the labour dispute …