WestJet Encore and its pilots reached a deal Thursday after two weeks of negotiations, steering clear of a potential strike this week.
The tail of a WestJet plane is seen dwarfing the Calgary skyline before the airline's annual meeting in Calgary, Tuesday, May 3, 2016.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Meanwhile, WestJet sent a lockout notice to the union, saying planes could be grounded as early as 6 p.m. mountain time on Saturday if no collective agreement was secured. "We worked through it constructively and found a solution without changing the size of the pie," he said, specifying that the deal includes no wage hikes.
The pilots, who approved a strike mandate in early April, rejected an initial tentative agreement earlier this month. The union said at the time that members voted 97 per cent in favour of the mandate after contract talks around pay, schedules and career progression came to a "near standstill."
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