The WestJet Group and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), the certified union representing WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers, have announced they have reached a tentative accord on the first collective bargaining agreement between the organisations. Both parties now await the ratification vote to be put forward to membership.Both parties now await the ratification vote to be put forward to membership.
Diederik Pen, President of WestJet Airlines and Group Chief Operating Officer commented: “We are grateful to have arrived at a deal, averting a work stoppage and any impact to our guests' valued travel plans. We sincerely appreciate our guests' patience during this time and are pleased to move forward with an unwavering focus to providing friendly, reliable and affordable air service to Canadians for years to come, as one unified team.”
“After nine months of tough negotiating, we are proud to have reached a tentative agreement that will now be presented, through the ratification process, to the hard-working aircraft maintenance engineers and other technical operations employees who go above and beyond to maintain a best-in-class culture of safety for the WestJet Group,” commented Will Abbott, AMFA National Region II Director, Chairman.
