The union representing mechanics at Canadian airline company WestJet stated it withdrew a notification to start a strike Thursday night after the airline company consented to go back to the bargaining table.
The strike danger had actually triggered WestJet, Canada’s second-biggest airline company, to cancel about 50 flights today to prevent tourists and airplanes being stranded.
“We hope that WestJet’s contract to go back to the table suggests we can get the agreement our members desire,” Bret Oestreich, nationwide president of the Airplane Mechanics Fraternal Association, stated Thursday. He stated the union’s strike-authorization vote stays in result till July 9.
The union represents about 680 WestJet mechanics, who voted extremely to turn down the business’s last agreement deal.
AMFA offered WestJet 72 hours’ notification on Monday night that it would strike after the airline company asked the Canadian federal government to step in and buy both sides into binding arbitration.
Canada’s commercial relations board fulfilled for numerous hours Wednesday and decreased to stop the union from striking, leading WestJet to state it would go back to the bargaining table.
“In going back to the bargaining table, we are devoted to discovering a resolution to prevent additional disturbance to our operations,” stated Diederik Pen, the airline company’s president.
Nevertheless, that wanted WestJet had actually started canceling flights, impacting about 6,500 guests. The airline company canceled 5 flights Tuesday, 24 Wednesday and more than 20 extra flights by Thursday afternoon, according to tracking service FlightAware.
