The union representing flight dispatchers at Porter Airlines says it will be in a legal position to strike on Jan. 20 if it doesn’t reach a contract deal, after members voted unanimously in favour of job action this week.

The Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA) said Wednesday that 100 per cent of its 36 Porter members voted in favour of strike action, citing “a lack of respect” by the airline during bargaining.

The two sides have been negotiating what would be the flight dispatchers’ first collective agreement since joining CALDA over 14 months ago.

Negotiations are currently in the final stages of conciliation with the help of federal mediators, a process that CALDA’s incoming national president Mark Yezovich told Global News will end on Dec. 29.

Yezovich said in an e

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