WestJet calls on feds for ‘urgent clarity’ around strike after 800 flights cancelled

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A strike by WestJet plane mechanics forced the airline to tcanel hundreds more flights on Sunday, upending the plans of roughly 110,000 travellers over the Canada Day long weekend and prompting the carrier to demand action from the federal government

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The vast majority of Sunday's trips were called off as WestJet pared down its 180-plane fleet to 32 active aircraft and topped the global list for cancellations among major airlines over the weekend. "It's distressing," she said."I was supposed to be at home today, like seven hours ago, but I'm not." As the clock ticked down toward a Friday strike deadline, the impasse prompted Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan to step in, mandating that the airline and union undertake binding arbitration headed by the country's labour tribunal.

A decision from the Canada Industrial Relations Board seemed to affirm the legality of their actions regardless of protocols around arbitration. However, O'Regan has broad authority under the Canada Labour Code. Though his initial directive to the tribunal for binding arbitration may have presumed a strike was off the table due to precedent, the labour minister could take a range of steps to"secure industrial peace and to promote conditions favourable to the settlement of industrial disputes," the legislation states.

 

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