Strike averted as WestJet reaches tentative agreement with Calgary and Vancouver employee union
CBC
There will be no strike at WestJet this week now that the airline has reached a tentative labour deal with the union representing hundreds of workers at the Calgary and Vancouver airports.
Both the airline and Unifor Local 531 announced the deal on Sunday evening, days before nearly 800 baggage and customer service staff could have walked off the job.
Unifor announced last week that workers had voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike as early as this Wednesday if a deal could not be reached.
Neither side disclosed specific terms of the tentative deal, which is still subject to ratification.
The union issued a release saying the agreement "brings long overdue wage increases and improvements to working conditions."
The deal, touted as the first between the two sides, will be presented to union members later this week.
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