International Flight Attendant Day

Dear Members,

International Flight Attendant day is on Monday, May 31.  To celebrate, your CUPE 4070 Occupational Health and Safety Committees and your CUPE 4070 Executive, will be out in the bases May 31st, 2021. We want to thank our crews not only for all your hard work during this difficult year, but also for your continued commitment to keeping yourselves, your colleagues, and our guests safe. 

If you are checking in for a pairing or checking out from a pairing, on Monday May 31st, stop by one of the CUPE offices in your respective base.

YVR CUPE Office is located on the Ground Transportation level, the level below Domestic Arrivals.  From the escalator on Ground Transportation level: Turn right and walk down the hallway past the medical clinic towards Pass Control. Walk past Pass Control and through the double doors.  To the left of the elevators is a hallway, walk straight down (not the hallway marked YVR IT Training Centre) and we are the first door on the left, office B1101.5.

YEG elected representatives will be looking out for you at the airport!
YYC CUPE Office is located on the arrivals level, behind baggage carousal 7
YYZ CUPE Office is located Arrivals T3 next to out of town and Sunwing offices
YHM elected representatives will be looking out for you at the airport!

Our goal is to reach as many Cabin Personnel as possible - we look forward to seeing familiar faces on Monday.

If we miss you Monday, we encourage crews to submit a crew “maskie” (selfie wearing a mask) using the hashtag #internationalflightattendantday, tag @cupe4070 and post to Instagram.

Let’s recognize our incredible colleagues after one of the most difficult years in aviation history.    

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Health and Safety Committees | WestJet, WestJet Encore, and Swoop

Education Committee Update

Dear Members,


Many of you have inquired about language courses as well as scholarships/bursaries. Although the scholarships/bursaries have yet to be brought forward and voted on at our General Membership Meeting May 21, 2021, we are pleased to offer some options pertaining to education and language courses offered through many different mediums. We have researched a few options for you, please note these options are not limited to what is presented by your Education Committee on behalf of your CUPE 4070 Executive:

Public Libraries offer Rosetta Stone, Mango Languages, Pronunciator Language Learning, and a variety of language learning options. Check with your local public library for details.

Many Universities offer Language Courses  through Continuing Education and Faculty of Extension programs, many of which are being offered online. Course costs are reflected below (these costs may vary depending on the institution):

Absolute beginners French: $145

French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish Level 1-3: $395 per level

Sign Language: $395


Language Apps:

Babbel: 

1 year subscription: $9.99/month

6 month subscription: $12.99/month

3 month subscription: $14.99/month

*They currently offer a 50% discount on 1 year subscriptions and 35% discount on 6 and 3 month subscriptions.
 

Rosetta Stone:

Lifetime unlimited membership: $179

With Live: $299 (this includes live conversations with real people of language you are learning)

Additional Learning Resources: 

CUPE offers courses to the membership as well, please have a look at what is available through CUPE Union Education. The following workshops are scheduled for May and June:

* Times are local in the province the virtual workshop is being held, please be sure to check the timezone when registering.

May

May 27 - 11:00am-2:00pm - Sexual Harassment Webinar: Resources and Law for Unions and Workers l Canadian Union of Public Employees

May 31 – 5:30pm-6:30pm - Bill 32: Dealing with Difficult People
Bill 32: Dealing with Difficult People | Canadian Union of Public Employees

June

June 4 – 6pm-9pm - Trustee Orientation
LET - Trustee Orientation (OLS) | Canadian Union of Public Employees

June 5 – 9am-noon - Secretary-Treasurer Orientation
Secretary-Treasurer Orientation (OLS) | Canadian Union of Public Employees

June 11 – 9am-4pm – Introduction to Stewarding Part 1 and Part 2– 9am-4pm
Introduction to Stewarding - Part 1 and Part 2 | Canadian Union of Public Employees

June 15 – 5:30pm – 8:30pm - LET – Virtual Membership Meetings
LET - Virtual Membership Meetings (OLS) | Canadian Union of Public Employees

If you have any questions, please contact your CUPE Local 4070 Education Committee at: education@cupe4070.ca or reach out to your Base VP.
 

Coursera:  an American online course provider, which was founded in 2012, who works with other universities and organizations to offer an array of online courses, certificates, and degrees.  Here are a few of their current courses being offered, however not limited to:

• Chinese for Beginners

• Buddhism and Modern Psychology

• Introduction to Yoga and Physiology

• Foundations of Mindfulness

• Financial Markets

• Psychological First Aid

• First Step Korean

• Stanford Introduction to Health

• Principles of Sustainable Finance

Other courses are offered within many different subject, including but not limited to:These are to just mention a few.  They offer courses in many topics…Arts and Humanities (338 courses), Business (1095 courses), Language Learning (150 courses) , Physical Science and Engineering (413 courses), Personal Development (137 courses).  Coursera offers courses for free, with the option to purchase the certificate prior to as well as after completion of the courses.

*Some other sites that are similar to Coursera are: alison.com, shawacademy.com.

We look forward to your attendance for the General Membership Meeting, May 21,2021, where your vote will count towards the future of our LOCAL 4070. For more information on the GMM CLICK HERE.

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Education Committee

General Membership Meeting UPDATE - May 21, 2021

Dear Members,

The next General Membership Meeting (GMM) will take place on May 21, 2021 at 12:00PT / 13:00MT / 15:00ET.  All Members in Good Standing of CUPE Local 4070 are encouraged to attend. 

**Please note: General Membership Meetings are only open to Members in Good Standing. To sign a card and pay the $5 initiation fee, please visit www.cupe4070.ca/signacard. Please ensure you have signed your card at least 24 hours prior to the GMM to ensure it is processed.

Due to COVID and ongoing public health orders prohibiting in person gatherings, the GMM will be held live via Zoom. 

You will not be able to attend the GMM without registering. Registration will be open from now through the GMM. Once your registration is approved, you will be sent a link for the meeting. We ask that you register as soon as possible to ensure us time to approve your registration.

Click here to register for the GMM

***Please call or log on prior to the start of the GMM. This will put you in the waiting room until the start of the meeting. If you encounter any technical difficulties, please email Communications@cupe4070.ca and include your name, workgroup, and employee number***

The Meeting Agenda, Secretary Treasurer's Performance Report, and meeting minutes from the last GMM (held on August 6, 2020 in YVR) will be posted  in the Member’s Portal cupe4070.ca no later than 24 hours prior to the start of this GMM. 

If you have not registered for the Member’s Portal please find the instructions below:

WestJet Members

WestJet Encore Members

Swoop Members

Priority Agenda Items:

• Bargaining for WO and WR

• Elections

• WS Collective Agreement - MSL and Implementation Timelines

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are attending the GMM via the phone number provided in the invitation, you will not be able to vote on any motions brought to the floor. You will only be able to vote when attending the GMM from the Zoom app or web link.

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team

WestJet Encore Bargaining Update #5

Dear Members,

WestJet Encore Collective Bargaining took place from May 11 - 13, 2021, via Zoom between the Union and the Company. The work of your Elected Bargaining Committee, including Local 4070 President, Vice President, and CUPE National Bargaining Representatives, continued. Last week can be characterized as productive, and positive. Both sides appeared to demonstrate sincere regard towards understanding the other’s concerns and points of view. As a result, meaningful movement was achieved on both of the most significant articles towards reaching a Tentative Agreement (TA) on the overall Collective Agreement (CA): Scheduling and Pay Administration.

The Scheduling Article had been passed between the parties during our previous round of negotiations multiple times. This continued as we started the week of bargaining. Both sides made significant strides towards efficiently coming to an agreement. Scheduling was signed in TA. The week continued with other smaller Articles being signed in TA, as well as negotiations on the other large and significant article: Pay Administration. In essence: how your pay is calculated, including minimum daily credit, per diems, day and trip RIGS (Ratios In Guarantee), and many other issues related to pay calculations and payouts.

In total, 8 (eight) articles, and 1 (one) Letter of Understanding (related to the Scheduling Article) were signed off in Tentative Agreement. They are: 
 

● Discrimination or Harassment

● Compassionate Transfers

● Scheduling 

    ○ Letter of Understanding (LOU) No. 1 (related to Scheduling Article) 

● Union Communication 

● Hostage, Internment, or Death 

● Pay Administration 

● Charter Operations 

● Ad Hoc Assignments 

To provide the Membership with perspective in terms of where we are at in the Collective Bargaining process:
 

Following completion of TAs for each of the planned forty-seven (47) articles that will comprise the WestJet Encore proposed Collective Agreement, the final step prior to the conclusion of negotiations will be the bargaining of the all-encompassing monetary and financial package. Essentially, this will be the negotiation of anything throughout all of the tentatively agreed to articles that is related to monetary or financial matters. These articles have been negotiated in principle, with specific dollar or cost amounts that have been left “TBD” or ‘to be determined’. This is common practice in negotiations of first Collective Agreements following union certification. All TBD references will have their specific value negotiated in the final monetary package. 

The Committee, and your CUPE 4070 Executive wishes to assure you - we believe that we are well on the way towards presenting Membership with a Tentative Agreement in 2021. Having now completed negotiations on ‘Scheduling’ and ‘Pay Administration’, we feel very good about where we are in this process overall.

The next round of Bargaining for the WestJet Encore Collective Agreement is scheduled for May 25 - 27, 2021. We will update you again following these negotiations.

Bargaining dates are secured through the summer:

June 21 - 24, 2021

July 13 - 15, 2021

August 17 - 19, 2021

August 31 - September 2, 2021

September 14 - 16, 2021

September 28 - 30, 2021

Should you have any questions regarding the bargaining process, please contact us at: weare4070@cupe4070.ca.

 
In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 WestJet Encore Bargaining Committee

Recall Notice – (WR) WestJet Encore Members

Dear Members,

We are very pleased to share that the Union has been advised by the Company of ‘recalls’ to active status effective June 1, 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 a total of 44 CCMs returned to active status:
- 14 CCMs in YYZ
- 30 CCMs in YYC

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).

To determine if you are eligible for recall as of June 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 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 later 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.

While today’s recall is positive news, there remain no guarantees of when and how many Members will be recalled in the future – this will be determined by customer demand and ultimately Network Planning. Please keep this in mind should you choose to decline an offer of recall.

Despite growing vaccination levels, and optimism that we may feel, it is important to remind ourselves that the virus is not gone, and your health and safety is of utmost importance. Please continue to follow all directions from the Union and the Company related to COVID-19 protocols, and please continue to use your PPE as appropriate and as directed.

For concerns or questions related to health and safety, please contact the CUPE 4070 WestJet Encore Health & Safety Committee at: wr.ohs@cupe4070.ca.

Additionally, 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

National Day of Mourning

Hello CUPE 4070 Members,
 
On April 28th of each year, the National Day of Mourning is a chance for us to remember and reflect on those that have been hurt or have died on the job. Roughly 1000 workers a year in Canada lose their lives, and we as your Heath & Safety Committee Members believe this is too high and strive everyday to prevent this number from increasing.

We have been hit hard by this pandemic and have had Members directly impacted from Covid-19. The sacrifices made over the last 13 months has been nothing short of amazing, and we can now finally see some light at the end of the tunnel.  Thank you!

Our goal moving forward is to support our Members with increased awareness, better legislation, and the resources necessary to keep us safe.

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Health & Safety Committee
WestJet - ws.ohs@cupe4070.ca
WestJet Encore - wr.ohs@cupe4070.ca
Swoop - wo.ohs@cupe4070.ca
 

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WestJet Encore Bargaining Update #4

Dear Members,

Last week, Round 5 of WestJet Encore Collective Bargaining took place April 7 - 9, 2021, via Zoom between the Union and the Company. The work of your Elected Bargaining Committee, including the Local 4070 President, Vice President, and CUPE National Bargaining Representatives, continues as we press ahead with the priorities that the Membership sent us to the negotiating table to achieve.

The work with both the Scheduling and the Reserve Articles passed back and forth multiple times. These two articles are large and comprehensive in nature. As a result, significant time by both parties is being invested to ensure well functioning and concise language to ensure the needs of each side is secured.

As previously mentioned in Bargaining Update #3: new concepts are being negotiated, and with this, the necessity for proper and diligent review of all proposals and their overarching impact on our Membership continues to be the top priority. One small change in the Scheduling Article can lead to unintended impacts across multiple other facets of the Agreement. The Committee ensures full diligence in reviewing all proposed language from the Company.

After two more days of proposal exchanges, by Friday morning a Tentative Agreement (TA) on the Reserve Article was reached. This has now been signed by both parties.

The remainder of Friday saw the Union Committee perfecting its proposed return of the 11-page Scheduling Article. This was completed by the Committee, and before the end of the day the Union presented its proposal back to the Company. Sound and detailed work has been put into this article by both sides. The Company has taken our proposal away and will respond at the start of our next scheduled round of bargaining. We are optimistic that a TA will soon be reached, with the majority of the content already agreed to in this Article.

Our next round of WestJet Encore bargaining is scheduled for May 11 - 13, 2021. Following reaching TA on the ongoing Scheduling negotiations, both sides have agreed to take on the Pay Administration Article. This is another large and significant Article, and includes, but is not limited to, wage rates/grids, how and when rates of pay are applied, daily and pairing minimums.

We have understood the mandate that our Members have sent us to the negotiating table with, and we will continue to work hard to secure the much needed improvements in this Article.

Should you have any questions regarding the bargaining process, please contact us at: weare4070@cupe4070.ca.


In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 WestJet Encore Bargaining Committee

National Survey on Harassment and Violence at Work

Dear Members,

As a chartered Local of CUPE, Local 4070 is affiliated with The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). The CLC Women’s Advisory Committee is conducting a national survey on workplace violence and harassment. This survey is open to workers of all genders and results of this research will inform policy and education initiatives on workplace violence and sexual harassment. 

Take the survey now

The survey is being conducted by the Canadian Labour Congress in partnership with research experts at Western University. It is the first ever survey on violence and sexual harassment with a national reach in Canada, and will help unions, employers, and policy makers create safer workplaces for everyone.

This survey is for everyone - whether or not you have experienced or witnessed workplace violence or harassment. It will take approximately 10 to 30 minutes to complete, and all respondents will remain anonymous.

Your participation makes a difference! Thank you for helping make work safer for everyone.

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team

CUPE 4070 General Membership Meeting - May 2021

Dear WestJet Members,

We are excited to announce the next General Membership Meeting (GMM) for CUPE Local 4070. Due to the restrictions created by the pandemic the GMM will be held virtually:

Friday May 21, 2021 

12:00PT / 13:00MT / 15:00ET  - 13:00PT / 14:00MT / 16:00ET

Location: Zoom

All Members In Good Standing (have signed a card and paid the $5 initiation fee) are eligible to participate. The meeting will be 60 minutes and dedicated to the official meeting agenda, and allow motions from the floor.

If you have not signed a card and would like to participate you can sign your card here.

The General Membership Meeting will be held over Zoom Webinar. Information on how to attend will be released in early May.

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team

Union Clarification on Company Announcement re: Eastern Service Resumption

Dear Members,

You may have seen the Company press release and/or media coverage that WestJet and WestJet Encore will be resuming services in June to: Quebec City, Moncton, Fredericton, Charlottetown and Sydney, NS.

The Union was provided a briefing on this news by the Company on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. We would like to share with our Membership the context surrounding this announcement, and its implications for our Membership.

At present, across all three networks, we are only operating approximately 8% of the capacity that we were prior to the pandemic. The resumption of service to these five stations will increase that capacity by only 1%, for a total network capacity of 9% of pre-pandemic levels.

Based on today’s announcement, combined with the fact that current active Members are blocked significantly lower than their minimum monthly guarantee (MMG), the Company has indicated that this news will not result in recalls at any of the three airlines for Cabin Crew or Pilots.

While this news does not immediately mean recalls for our Members, signs of progress and rebuilding are positive, and always welcome.

We will continue to keep you informed as information related to recovery, route or destination returns, and ultimately, recall information becomes known to the Union.

This has been a long and very difficult time for all of our Members, whether active or not. Please know that each of us elected to represent you recognize this, and we will continue to lobby governments on all of our behalf, along with the CUPE Airline Division and with our Employer. We remain hopeful that further into the summer we will see more restrictions lifted and further signs of recovery for our Company and our sector overall.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact us at: www.cupe4070.ca/contact.
 

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team

WR MOA Townhall Update – Website and MOA Information

Dear WestJet Encore Members,

We are excited to be able to share with you the recording of the townhall regarding the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). For those that were not able to attend you can now log on to the Union website through the members portal at and view the walkthrough of the document with explanations to the intent and meaning of each article. A reminder that this information is confidential and for the exclusive review of the WestJet Encore Members of CUPE Local 4070.

Please do not share this information outside of the WestJet Encore Members’ group, including Social Media.

Website
Our website will play a vital role in rolling out this MOA. Please read this email if you need help accessing the website portal or to reset your password.

Memorandum of Agreement Page
We have spent much of our time since our last update creating what we are certain will be an important tool for you to become familiar with the TA being presented. You will find a video with a walkthrough of the MOA and Q&A period.

Everything having to do with the MOA exists in the following section of the Portal and is accessible only to WestJet Encore (WR) Members.

To access the MOA video, click on this link or follow these steps:

www.cupe4070.ca -> Portal -> Login to Portal -> WestJet Encore -> Click Here to view archived WestJet Encore MOA Townhall.

Memorandum of Agreement Document and Voting.
The MOA will not be circulated until such time where the WestJet Encore Bargaining Committee has reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) and is prepared for a ratification vote. All Members will vote for the TA alongside the MOA as one vote. For now the only way to view the contents of the MOA is to review the Webinar video.

All WestJet Encore Members, regardless of having signed a Union card, are eligible to vote in the TA/MOA ratification process when it’s time - this applies to all active and inactive Members. Any Member who has not signed a Union card or does not currently have an email address on file with the Local are asked to complete the Sign a Card form in order to ensure you receive your email notifications and bargaining updates from the union, and become a full voting Member in Good Standing. If you do not want to sign a card but would still like to participate in the vote, you are encouraged to fill out the Rand Form as soon as possible.



In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team

WestJet (WS) Members Ratify First Ever Collective Agreement

Dear WestJet Encore and Swoop Members,


We are excited to report that the WestJet (WS) Members of our Local have ratified their first Collective Agreement with their Employer on Saturday March 20, 2021 following a 24 month negotiation.

All CUPE Local 4070 Members in the WestJet (WS) bargaining unit immediately fall under their binding Collective Agreement (CA).

Full attention of the Local and CUPE National representatives are now focused on obtaining Tentative Agreements at both the Swoop (WO) and WestJet Encore (WR) negotiating tables.

We have added an aggressive schedule of bargaining dates at both tables in the next eight (8) to ten (10) weeks, with the goal of presenting Tentative Agreements to each bargaining unit Membership as quickly as possible, while ensuring the best possible language is negotiated for our working conditions.

Current confirmed dates for bargaining are:

Swoop (WO)
March 23-25, 2021
April 14-16, 2021
May 4-6, 2021
May 18-20, 2021
June 1-3, 2021
June 15-17, 2021
June 28-30, 2021
 
WestJet Encore (WR)
April 7-9, 2021
April 20-23, 2021
May 11-13, 2021
May 25-27, 2021
June 8-10, 2021
June 21-24, 2021
 
Please join in congratulating our brothers and sisters from WS in ratification of their very first, historic Collective Agreement. We eagerly await the celebration of reaching the final steps in both the WR and WO Collective Agreements for each bargaining unit.

As always, if you have any questions, please contact us at: www.cupe4070.ca/contact.


In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team

WestJet Encore Townhall – New “FLOW” MOA

Dear WestJet Encore Members,

We are excited to be able to now share with you information on the MOA you have all been waiting for. We recognize that there is a vested interest in what happens at all levels of our Local. Currently, our Brothers and Sisters at WestJet have been given the opportunity to review this document for their ratification vote. Since this greatly impacts our Members at WestJet Encore, we thought it would be prudent to present this document sooner than expected.

Please read the following information carefully. A reminder that this information is confidential and for the exclusive review of WestJet Encore Members of CUPE Local 4070. Do not share this information outside of the WestJet Encore Member’s group, please do not share on Social Media.

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)
We have spent much of our time since our last bargaining update creating what we are certain will be an important tool for you to become familiar with the MOA being presented.

We will be presenting the entire document in a Webinar format via Zoom where all those involved in the negotiations of this document can provide explanations and context to each article so you are well informed.

Townhall
The Townhall will require registration by following the below Registration links! We will only be offering one (1) Townhall webinar for now so please make sure you register. If there is enough demand to do a second please contact your respective Base Vice-Presidents and we will consider one for the future.

To Register Click Here!

The Townhall will be held on Friday March 19th at 1100 PT/1200 MT/ 1400 ET.

Once you’ve registered, you will receive a confirmation e-mail to the address you provide when registering for the Townhall. (Please only use your personal e-mail address to register!) Make sure to check your spam/junk folder if you have trouble finding the e-mail confirmation.

Reminder e-mails will be sent out to those who have registered, one hour prior to the start of the Townhall. There is no deadline to register. Members who have received an invite link but have not registered will not be permitted access.

*Townhall will run approximately 2.15 hours

In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 Executive Team

WestJet Encore Bargaining Update #3

Dear Members,

We are pleased to bring you an update pertaining to round 4 of Collective Bargaining.

As always, we pledge to be transparent and keep you well informed throughout this process. Rest assured, your elected Bargaining Committee Members are going to the table with integrity, dedication, and your best interests in mind during these negotiations.

Round 4 of Collective Bargaining took place on Zoom from March 9-11. Our Collective Agreement will be bargained based on the concepts that an overwhelming majority of Members endorsed.

This week the Bargaining Committee took on the enormous task of reviewing the Scheduling and Reserve Articles. We began the first day with the Employer presenting proposals for both Articles. Due to the critical nature of these two articles, the committee felt it best to take particular care in their counter proposals. Review of these articles took a full 2.5 days before the committee was prepared to submit their counter proposal to the Employer. This detailed review ensured the committee addressed all the concerns of our WestJet Encore Membership.

Both sides introduced new concepts that were a departure from the status quo. Due to the variety of differences on core issues, no Tentative Agreement was reached. The Committee will reconvene with the Employer in April, with the intent to finalize the Scheduling and Reserve Articles. All tentative agreements will be finalized once both parties can mutually agree upon language and terms.

Your local is still focused on expediting this Collective Bargaining process. We will be resuming Bargaining again on April 7-9. For future dates, we are currently awaiting confirmation from the Employer leading into spring/summer of 2021. We will communicate all dates as soon as they are finalized.


In Solidarity,
Your CUPE 4070 WestJet Encore Bargaining Committee