The SFL is urging all union members, their families and their friends to avoid crossing picket lines at the airport. Travellers to Saskatoon should be made aware that their safety is being jeopardized as management takes over the strikers' work. Airport managers were cutting grass near an active runway without a radio and accidentally disrupted landings. While the work had been cleared in advance, they cannot go out into the field without a radio. It would appear that management is unable to keep up with the maintenance.
Reports indicate that the grass is getting long and obscuring lighting on the edges of the runways.
Signs which help guide taxiing pilots are also becoming difficult to see. In addition, runway inspections, to check for dead animals, tire debris and bits that may have fallen off airplanes, have become less frequent. All PSAC members are urged to throw their support behind these workers. Send an e-mail to the airport authorities urging them to get back to the table to conduct meaningful negotiations. Tell them to stop trying to undermine the job security of these workers.