Recall Notice – (WR) WestJet Encore Members
Dear Members,
The Union is pleased to again share with you that we have been advised by the Company of ‘recalls’ to active status for July 2021.
Recall will occur based on the Company Service Lists that are published by base – the same lists that were used to determine those who were placed on furlough, and will be completed senior to junior within each base. These lists are available after log-in at www.cupe4070.ca.
This recall will see approximately 60 to 75 CCMs returned to active status:
- Approximately 40 to 50 CCMs in YYC
- Approximately 20 to 25 CCMs in YYZ
In the Memorandum of Agreement agreed to between the Union and the Company, there exist two (2) options for the time-frame of recall and acceptance by the Member. The Company will be executing the ‘Expedited Recall‘ Option 1 as outlined in the MOA (Articles 7 & 8) as the initial method of recall for this recall.
For the Calgary (YYC) base: Following this expedited recall, it is anticipated that the Company will be at the bottom of the base list for recall. The Company will then initiate the full seven (7) day recall option (Articles 9 thru 15 in the MOA). During this recall, it is expected that the Calgary (YYC) base will require Members to accept their recall or they will be deemed to have resigned their employment with the Company, as per Article 12 of the MOA:
“If a Cabin Crew Member is recalled to their affected base, they may decline a notice of recall provided there are more junior Cabin Crew Members at their affected base on the recall list. Once all junior Cabin Crew Members are recalled, the Cabin Crew Member must accept the recall to their affected base or they will be deemed to have resigned their employment with the Company.”
Urgency to respond ‘ACCEPT’ or ‘DECLINE’ to Recall Notices:
As recovery of the industry progresses, recall may approach the lower end of a seniority list in any specific base at any time. When a Member does not respond to a recall notice, that Members’ response defaults to ‘DECLINE’.
NOTE: It will be clearly indicated in your notice of recall that you must accept to maintain your relationship with the Company. The Union urges Members to read every Notice of Recall received to avoid any issues that may arise from not accepting a future recall. **By not accepting this type of recall your employment would be ended.**
To determine if you are eligible for recall as of July 1, 2021:
1) Check the personal email account that you have most recently registered with the Company related to your inactive status.
2) Ensure to check your ‘spam/junk’ folder, just in case.
3) The Company will provide official recall notice, or contingent recall notice which will be marked in part ‘SHORT NOTICE RECALL’ to that email address.
As indicated, this recall is initially being executed under the ‘Expedited Recall’ and Members eligible for recall will have only 48 HOURS to accept a recall should they desire. The Company has advised the Union that recall notices will go out today.
Ability to decline recall:
As per the MOU executed between WestJet Encore and CUPE Local 4070, if you are senior enough to hold recall and recall is offered to you, you may elect to decline a recall, and await recall in the future should it occur. You may opt to decline any recall until such time as there are no other Members junior to you on your base’s Company Service List, at which time a decline to recall would be the end of your employment.
The Union and the Company continue to work together cooperatively towards the goal of seeing demand and network capacity grow to a point where recalling all Members that have been placed on furlough becomes a reality.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Union via our contact link: www.cupe4070.ca/contact.
In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team