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Unifor 531 Bargaining Committee Election Candidates

Bargaining Committee Elections I want to thank those who have put their name forward or been nominated by a coworker for the Unifor Bargaining Committee election. There has been tremendous...

Billy ONeill

June 22, 2021

YYC Recall and CSA Job Posting

As many of you have noticed, WestJet has an external job posting for part-time (PT) Customer Service Agent (CSA) positions.The union has had numerous conversations with WestJet to discuss this...

Billy ONeill

June 22, 2021

WestJet YVR and YYC Update

Greetings from Unifor Welcome to Unifor! I hope that this can be the start of a great conversation about your workplace rights. We'll be sending you some facts, documents...

Billy ONeill

June 14, 2021

WestJet workers join Unifor

May 21, 2021 TORONTO – In a major victory for hard-hit airline workers, 531 WestJet airport agents in Calgary and Vancouver are now members of Unifor, the Canada Industrial Relations...

Unifor for WestJet

May 21, 2021

Unifor to announce major organizing win

Unifor will be holding an online news conference Friday morning, streamed live on Facebook to announce a major organizing win in an industry battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is...

Unifor for WestJet

May 21, 2021

Unifor sends a message of concern for Vancouver International Airport workers

Yesterday, Sunday, May 8, 2021, a shooting took place at the Vancouver International Airport that resulted in the death of one person in front of the international terminal on the...

Billy ONeill

May 10, 2021

WestJet Airports Employee Association (AEA) tries to "April fools" workers

The Airports Employee Association (AEA) actively tries to dissuade WestJetters from their legal right to join Unifor and gain protections that only a real union can offer. This week they...

Billy ONeill

April 02, 2021

Onex WestJet must play fair during union drive

Onex WestJet must play fair during Unifor’s union drive Onex WestJet management is fully aware of your rights and its obligations. Despite this, Unifor has had to speak to...

Unifor for WestJet

April 02, 2021

Collective Bargaining to Secure Your future

Collective Bargaining to Secure Your future Joining the union is about empowering workers to have a voice in their working conditions. When workers have a say in their workplace,...

Unifor for WestJet

March 24, 2021

Workers mark the one-year anniversary of federal inaction on aviation

One year has passed since government-levied travel bans, but despite growing aviation sector job losses, there has been no action to bolster Canada’s struggling aviation industry. “Governments around the world...

Unifor for WestJet

March 16, 2021

Aviation workers demand action on relief funding

On the eve of the anniversary of government-initiated travel bans, Canada’s aviation workers will issue a renewed call for funding to save the industry from total collapse. “Canadian workers and...

Unifor for WestJet

March 12, 2021

Let's Save Canadian Aviation

Let's Save Canadian Aviation Following a long and arduous year of Unifor submitting reports, letters, submissions, and presentations to the Federal government, advocating for a National Aviation Recovery...

Unifor for WestJet

March 12, 2021

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