Swissport/Servisair YYZ Below-the-wing Workers Pick Teamsters Over USW

Feb. 26, 2015
In an earlier vote, Servisair and Swissport employees in Toronto chose UNIFOR over the United Steelworkers as their union.

Servisair and Swissport below-the-wing employees in Toronto chose the Teamsters over the United Steelworkers as their union, in a representational vote conducted by the CIRB.

Swissport acquired Servisair in 2013. Swissport employees were respresented by the USW, and the Teamsters represented Servisair employees. The CIRB ordered a representational vote for the combined workforce and announced that a majority of the employees had chosen the Teamsters as their bargaining agent. In a parallel representation vote, the above-the-wing workers chose UNIFOR over the USW as their bargaining agent.