57% flight attendants who voted did not give positive
response to the proposed 5-year deal
On Monday, WestJet declared that 2,600
flight attendants have rejected a tentative agreement last month.
WestJet is a Canadian based low-cost
carrier that offers air service to around 91 destinations in Canada, Europe,
United States, Central America, Caribbean and Mexico. With more than 10,000
employees, it has now become the second-largest Canadian airline that provides cheapest flight ticket online.
On Monday, it was reported that the
airline announced that 90 percent eligible flight attendants voted in
favor of the agreement while 57 percent of them voted against the proposed
five-year deal.
The doubtful agreement was passed to airline as well as WestJet Flight
Attendant Association Board. Though flight attendants of WestJet are not
unionized, yet represented by association of employees.
The airline announces that we are
planning to arrange a meeting with association board in near future in order to
concentrate on understanding specific concerns, complying the points drafted in
the process of dispute resolution.
If we talk about Flight Attendant
Association Board, it is a part of ProActive Communication Team employee
association that represents approximately 9,500 non-management employees working
with this Canadian this airline.
“He was badly disappointed by the
voting and we are supposed to survey our members very soon and planning to
retain them in New Year”, expressed Anthony Pascale, the chairman of the Flight
Attendant Association Board.
