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WestJet cancels flights after mechanics union announces second strike – Winnipeg Free Press

June 27, 2024
WestJet cancels flights after mechanics union announces second strike – Winnipeg Free Press

CALGARY – WestJet is canceling flights ahead of a possible strike by its mechanics union.

The Calgary-based airline said in a statement that it had received another strike notice from the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association.

WestJet said it had therefore cancelled 25 flights between Thursday and Friday as a precautionary measure, affecting around 3,300 customers.

A WestJet aircraft waits at a gate at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. WestJet is canceling flights ahead of a possible strike by its mechanics union. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

A WestJet aircraft waits at a gate at Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alberta, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. WestJet is canceling flights ahead of a possible strike by its mechanics union. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Previously, the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association had accused WestJet of suing them without notifying their negotiators, who are currently working with the airline to draft a new collective bargaining agreement.

The union describes WestJet’s statement that a strike would endanger the company and its passengers as “inflammatory” and urges WestJet to invest more time in negotiations with union representatives.