June 30, 2024
As a direct result of our members’ solidarity, AMFA was able to reach a second tentative agreement (TA2) providing substantial improvements over both your current terms of employment and the terms provided for in the first tentative agreement (TA1).
TA2 provides for:
- Immediate 15.5% increase without any shifting of monies from the WestJet Savings Plan (WSP)
- Out year pay increases of 3.25%, 2.5%, 2.5%, 2.5% over the 5-year term
- Overtime beyond eight hours within a pay period within a pay period paid at a 1.75 X rate
WestJet’s final concessions were obtained due to three principal factors:
- the CIRB’s decision to uphold our right to strike
- your exemplary discipline in implementing that strike, and
- the Union’s commitment to direct all employees back to work immediately now that TA2 has been signed
We request that you return to work forthwith so that we can provide the value of your labour that was the primary element in achieving this deal.
As before, a majority of members in good standing must vote to ratify TA2 in order for it to become a final collective agreement.
You will be able to vote when we have completed the virtual roadshow meetings to explain the terms of TA2, as well as the legal and political path we travelled to get there.
Ratification will render unnecessary the compulsory arbitration on a first collective agreement as ordered by the Labour Minister.
Your Negotiating Committee is pleased to present to you TA2 and is grateful for your indispensable contribution. Your presence in bargaining sessions and on picket lines had a meaningful impact on the end result of this journey.
Now it’s time to show the world how we make WestJet fly.
Fraternally,
AMFA-WestJet Negotiating Committee
