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Labor Minister Seamus O’Regan, in search of to avert the strike, intervened Thursday after WestJet started canceling flights, asking Canada’s industrial relations physique to impose a binding remaining arbitration on the dispute.
The Fraternal Affiliation of Plane Mechanics (Amfa) defended the strike Friday in a press release, saying O’Regan’s choice didn’t “state staff’ basic proper to strike.”
The union stated it issued a strike discover on June 18 after 97% of its members rejected a pay deal reached in Could, however these concerned returned to the bargaining desk two days later.
That spherical of talks was additionally not sufficient to achieve an settlement, and the union issued a second strike discover, with staff leaving their jobs at 7:30 native time, Amfa stated.
Calgary-based WestJet, which is backed by Onex Corp ONEX.TO and competes with Air Canada AC.TO, stated it was canceling 150 flights subsequent Saturday due to the strike, which affected has 20,000 passengers.
“Additional cancellations will proceed till Saturday morning if the strike just isn’t ended and intervention doesn’t happen instantly,” he stated.
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