WestJet workers in Toronto get their first tentative agreement
TORONTO , April 28, 2023 /CNW/ - The 350 members of Unifor Local 531 have reached their first tentative deal with WestJet at Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
- TORONTO , April 28, 2023 /CNW/ - The 350 members of Unifor Local 531 have reached their first tentative deal with WestJet at Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
- "A first contract sets the base from which we bargain in the future and WestJet members have worked hard to reach this tentative agreement," said Unifor National President Lana Payne.
- "By joining Unifor, WestJet members have gained a strong voice to improve their working conditions and can now do so through collective bargaining."
- Bargaining first began Oct. 24, 2022, after the Canada Industrial Relations Board certified Unifor's application for the WestJet workers in Toronto to join the union last July.