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ALPA fi les
labour charge
against WestJet
CALGARY — WestJet and
WestJet Encore pilots — rep-
resented by the Air Line Pilots
Association (ALPA) — filed an
unfair labour practice complaint
and an application for an interim
order with the Canada Industrial
Relations Board on Feb. 9.
"Management's actions are
a clear violation of the Canada
Labour Code, and we urge the
(board) to order them to cease
and desist," said Rob McFadyen,
chairman of WestJet's ALPA
master executive council.
"Our pilots will stand up for
our rights and continue to work
toward a fair and reasonable col-
lective agreement that meets the
priorities of our pilots and brings
stability to the airline ," said Mc-
Fadyen.
The union alleges that West-
Jet and WestJet Encore man-
agement violated the Canada
Labour Code by directly negoti-
ating with pilots instead of with
the union over key terms of em-
ployment at Swoop (an ultra-
low-cost airline which is slated
to begin flying this summer), in-
terfering with ALPA's exclusive
representational rights of West-
Jet and WestJet Encore pilots
and changing well-established
pilot work rules and policies, ac-
cording to ALPA.
New collective
agreement
ratifi ed at City
TV, OMNI
TORONTO — Workers repre-
sented by Unifor at City TV and
OMNI Television in Toronto
voted 84 per cent to ratify a ten-
tative agreement reached Feb. 8
with Rogers Media.
This new three-year agree-
ment covers 288 media workers
in Toronto, including camera
operators, hosts, reporters, edi-
tors, production assistants, writ-
ers, switchers and other produc-
tion crew, said the union.
The union negotiated an in-
crease in wages, which entails
a two per cent wage increase
retroactive to Nov. 1, 2017, plus
1.75 per cent this year and next,
and an additional two per cent
wage increase in 2020 and in
2021, said Unifor.
"With the state of the media
industry in Canada, and recent
outsourcing of Chinese-lan-
guage news services, we began
bargaining in October expecting
a tough fight to protect the rights
we have gained over the years,"
said Angelo Contarin, bargain-
ing committee chair and presi-
dent of Unifor, Local 723M.
Hard Rock
Casino
workers in B.C.
vote to strike
COQUITLAM, B.C. — Em-
ployees at the Hard Rock Ca-
sino in Coquitlam, B.C., voted
in favour of taking strike action
against their employer.
Held between Feb. 1 and Feb.
4, the vote saw Hard Rock staff
members — represented by the
B.C. Government and Service
Employees' Union (BCGEU) —
99.5 per cent in favour of taking
strike action.
"Hard Rock workers are send-
ing a clear message to their em-
ployer: They will not back down
until they get the respect, fair
wages and working conditions
that they deserve," said Stepha-
nie Smith, BCGEU president.
The next step for Hard Rock
workers is mediation — as re-
quired by the B.C. labour code
— but strike preparations are
already underway.
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