The union representing WestJet Encore pilots says a tentative deal has been struck with their employer, days earlier than the pilots had threatened to go on strike.
In a press release launched Monday afternoon by the Air Line Pilots Affiliation, the pinnacle of the union’s WestJet Encore contingent says the tentative settlement brings “wages and dealing circumstances considerably extra in line” with these of different regional pilots throughout the nation.
Carin Kenney additionally says it “delivers on offering higher job safety, industry-standard pay, and extra versatile schedules to permit for a greater work-life stability.”
Pilots with WestJet’s regional subsidiary accredited a strike mandate on April 2 by 97 per cent, in accordance with the union, and so they had been in a authorized place to strike on Wednesday though they’d have wanted to serve 72-hours discover earlier than strolling off the job.
The tentative deal should nonetheless be accredited by the 355 members it covers, and the union says it’s nonetheless setting a timeline for a ratification vote.
Kenney had mentioned earlier this month that WestJet Encore employs the lowest-paid regional pilots in Canada, driving some to hunt jobs elsewhere, however she now says the tentative settlement “will go a good distance in the direction of altering that.”
