NAV CANADA and PIPSC reach tentative agreement O

OTTAWA, July 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NAV CANADA today announced that a tentative collective agreement has been reached with the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada which represents approximately 470 employees in the engineering, computer service, physical science, purchasing, economic and social science specialties.

The tentative agreement is now subject to the union ratification process. NAV CANADA will not be commenting on the details until the agreement is ratified.

About NAV CANADA NAV CANADA is a private, not-for-profit company, established in 1996, providing air traffic control, airport advisory services, weather briefings and aeronautical information services for more than 18 million square kilometres of Canadian domestic and international airspace.

The Company is internationally recognized for its safety record, and technology innovation. Air traffic management systems developed by NAV CANADA are used by air navigation service providers in countries worldwide.

We are a founding partner of Aireon LLC, an international joint venture deploying a space based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system that will expand air traffic surveillance to all regions of the globe.

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