Charlene Hudy, ALPA's Air Canada chair, talks about negotiations, previous bargaining talks and what pilots are hoping to achieve
in June amid a global pilot shortage that’s given aviators all over North America leverage to seek new contracts. Negotiations have already been held this year with airlines in both the United States and Canada, including Calgary-based WestJet Airlines Ltd.aviators officially joined the Air Line Pilots Association , the same union that represents WestJet pilots. Now, 95 per cent of all professional Canadian pilots are represented by ALPA, which is also the world’s largest aviators union.
Q: Can you talk about the global pilot shortage right now? How does the union think this should be addressed?I believe that by ensuring that this profession is a good profession by actually addressing these quality of life concerns and the wage gap, you’re going to attract and retain people into the pilot profession.
TORONTO — General Motors and the union representing Canadian auto workers reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday, ending a strike that began just after midnight. About 4,300 striking workers at two GM factories and a parts warehouse will return to work Tuesday afternoon and will vote on the three-year deal later. Lana Payne, president of the Unifor union, said that, when faced with the strike, GM had no choice but to follow a pattern agreement reached earlier with Ford.
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