The union representing pilots at WestJet says it’s asking for federal help after months of failing to succeed in a contract settlement with the airline.
The WestJet Grasp Govt Board, represented by the Air Line Pilots Affiliation, Worldwide (ALPA), says it has filed a request for conciliation with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
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The federal labor minister now has 15 days to nominate a conciliation officer. As soon as appointed, the officer will work with the events for 60 days to succeed in an settlement.
If each events stay deadlocked after this era, a 21-day cooling-off interval begins earlier than the events can take into account different alternate options, together with a strike or lockout.
ALPA, which represents about 1,800 pilots at WestJet and its low-cost subsidiary Swoop, says it has been negotiating unsuccessfully with WestJet in Calgary since September.
The pilots’ first union contract, which expired on the finish of 2022, was the results of an arbitrated settlement reached in 2018. That settlement averted a threatened pilot strike, as WestJet pilots voted in favor of business motion after contract talks fell aside.
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