The WestJet Group has appointed Jacqui McGillivray as its Executive Vice-President and Chief People Officer, effective Oct. 7, 2024, replacing Angela Avery, who announced her retirement earlier this year. Avery…
A collective agreement between WestJet and its mechanics has been ratified, just weeks after a two-day strike forced large-scale flight cancellations and cost the airline millions of dollars. The new…
WestJet continues to feel the effects of a two-day plane mechanics strike that nearly shut down the airline’s network for 29 hours over the Canada Day long weekend and cost…
Arbitration doesn’t typically spur a strike. If anything, the reverse occurs. But on Thursday, a directive for binding arbitration from Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan was met with job action by…
WestJet flight disruptions are expected to continue this week, after a deal was reached over the weekend to end a strike by its mechanics. The airline said in a statement…
WestJet has reached a deal with its mechanics to end a strike that had disrupted the travel plans of tens of thousands of travellers over the Canada Day long weekend.…
A surprise strike by unionized airline mechanics at WestJet left tens of thousands of passengers wondering whether they would reach their destinations on Saturday after the airline cancelled more than…
A possible long-weekend strike at WestJet has been averted. The federal government on Thursday directed the airline and plane mechanics into binding arbitration, steering clear of a work stoppage that…
A potential strike by WestJet airplane mechanics would upend travel plans for 250,000 customers over the Canada Day long weekend, the airline says — and cost it millions of dollars.…
WestJet says it faces a possible strike by its mechanics starting as early as Friday. The airline says the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association has issued a strike notice that could…
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