Dear Members,


I would like to provide you with an update on the by-election.

The following is a breakdown of the positions that were up for nomination, the nominees and their resume/info sheet (if submitted) and the Committee's current status:

Scheduling Review Committee – 1 per base:
 
YVR – Election Required:
Nicole Jansen
Sarah Ferraro – READ MORE

YYC – Election Required:
Shelley MacDonald – READ MORE
Lisa MacLellan – READ MORE

YYZ – Election Required:
Natasha Kervin – READ MORE
Calvin Gautschi – READ MORE
 
Uniform Committee – 1 per base:
 
YVR – Election Required:
Nick Lainas – READ MORE
Elizabeth Greene
 
YYC – Acclaimed / No election:
Fabricio Loza-Alvarado
 
YYZ – Acclaimed / No election:
Mark Rose
 
Health & Safety Committee – 2x YYZ base only – Acclaimed / No election:
Wendy Garcia
 
Union Steward 1x YVR base only:
VACANT
 
Committee Against Racism and Discrimination (CARD) – 1 (any base) – Election Required:
Jaime Hernandez Delgado – READ MORE
Valerie Dupre
Minh Ly – READ MORE
Lindsay Poll – READ MORE
 
Commuter Committee – 1 per base:
 
YVR – Election Required:
Corie Lyn Ives
Elizabeth Greene
 
YYC:
VACANT
 
YYZ – Election Required:
Julien Sauve – READ MORE
Kerry Hoger – READ MORE
 
Return to Work – 1 per base:

YVR:
VACANT
 
YYC – Election Required:
Murray Marquis – READ MORE
Brandy Whitby – READ MORE
 
YYZ:
VACANT
 
Temporary Bylaw Committee – 1 per base:
 
YVR – Acclaimed / No election:
Nicole Jansen
 
YYC – Election Required:
Laura McDonald – READ MORE
Sylvia Alves – READ MORE
 
YYZ – Acclaimed / No election:
Alexandre Grigoriev – READ MORE
 
Women's Committee – 1 (any base) – Election Required:
Valerie Dupre
Dawn Wieliczko-Wester – READ MORE
 

Congratulations to the Members acclaimed to their Committee!

We will proceed with elections as follows:

All WestJet Members, regardless of base:
-Committee Against Racism and Discrimination (CARD)
-Women's Committee

YVR Base Only:
-Scheduling Review Committee
-Uniform Committee
-Commuter Committee

YYC Base Only:
-Scheduling Review Committee
-Return to Work
-Temporary Bylaw Committee

YYZ Base Only:
-Scheduling Review Committee
-Commuter Committee

If you receive a link to vote in a base specific election that is not your base, please do not vote and contact Marco Di Virgilio, Recording Secretary & Returning Officer at: marco.divirgilio@cupe4070.ca. Please include your full name, airline, corrected base and employee number in the email.

Members In Good Standing (signed card and paid a $5 Membership fee) can vote in this election. If you wish to participate in this election process and have not signed a card, please sign a card and pay the $5 Membership fee on our website at least 24 hours before the election end for processing. SIGN A CARD HERE

Your secure voting link will arrive via email from vote@simplyvoting.com

If you do not find your voting link in your email, please check your spam/junk folder.

If you are still unable to locate this link, please email Marco Di Virgilio, Recording Secretary & Returning Officer at: marco.divirgilio@cupe4070.ca. Please include your full name, airline and employee number in the email.

Election:
START: June 28, 2021 @ 03:00 PT / 04:00 MT / 06:00 ET
END: July 4, 2021 @ 15:00 PT / 16:00 MT / 18:00 ET

Electoral Officer:
The Electoral Officer for this election will be Kendra Thibault, WestJet Encore Cabin Crew Member - YYC Base.



In Solidarity,
Marco Di Virgilio, Recording Secretary & Returning Officer - CUPE 4070