Air Canada said Thursday the federal government will need to step in and block pilots from striking if the two sides can’t reach a deal, warning that job action would disrupt travel plans for least 110,000 travellers every day. A statement from the company said talks with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents 5,200 pilots at … Read more
A strike by WestJet mechanics has been averted after federal Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to impose final binding arbitration to resolve the outstanding issues of the collective agreement between the airline and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). In a statement Thursday, O’Regan said he is “using his authorities under the Canada Labour Code” to … Read more
WestJet mechanics have gone on strike one day after Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to impose final binding arbitration to resolve the outstanding issues of the collective agreement between the airline and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). In a statement Friday, AMFA said WestJet mechanics went ahead with strike action … Read more
WestJet and the union representing its maintenance engineers reached a tentative agreement late Sunday, averting a work stoppage that could have started disrupting flights as early as Tuesday afternoon. The Calgary-based airline and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), which represents the engineers who maintain WestJet aircraft and other technical operations employees, announced the development shortly after 10:30 p.m. MT on … Read more
