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WestJet challenged vote

According to documents obtained by CBC News, WestJet challenged the validity of the pilots' vote.

In submissions to the Canada Industrial Relations Board, the airline questioned, among other things, whether pilots for its regional service, WestJet Encore, would be included in the pilots' vote and challenged whether the union cards already signed by pilots were valid.

The CIRB ruled that the ballot could go ahead, with 1,261 of WestJet's pilots voting on whether to certify.

The vote begins on July 22 and lasts until Aug. 5, with the results being released soon after voting ends.

http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/business/westj ... -1.3128631
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Ah, it reminds me of the ALPA drive at Time Air so many years ago. The doom and gloom coming from the senior pilots about how the company would fold. Funny, we didn't fold but actually prospered.

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huh? Time air prospered? do tell!
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I really don't think a union is going to bring Comox(or whatever obscure location) as a port back from the dead.
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The thing I find interesting is the company is challenging that Encore should have been part of the vote. If that were the case then it's one company not 2 separate ones.
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fish4life wrote:The thing I find interesting is the company is challenging that Encore should have been part of the vote. If that were the case then it's one company not 2 separate ones.
I do too! Didn't I read on here not long ago that a unionized WJ PSL would no longer apply to Encore? Thereby no flow through? If so, I assume that would rid the carrot Encore dangles. Pilots leave, trouble filling spots with current w&c. Resort to increasing w&c to keep and entice other pilots to go to Encore would mean less profit.

If I'm wrong about the PSL then disregard :)
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fish4life wrote:The thing I find interesting is the company is challenging that Encore should have been part of the vote. If that were the case then it's one company not 2 separate ones.
This is what really bothers me about the whole thing. The WJPA keeps talking out of both sides of their mouth.

If we should be included in the vote, then we are one company. Haven't seen or heard anything about the WJPA pushing for full citizenship for Encore pilots. I'm pretty sure that the only reason they want it is because they believe there isn't the same level of support for unionization at Encore as there is at mainline, therefore making it harder to hit 50 +1.

The WPPA's stated policy on Encore is to get rid of the second company and treat us just like all of the other employees in terms of seniority, ESP, medical/dental etc.
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BE20 Driver wrote:
fish4life wrote:The thing I find interesting is the company is challenging that Encore should have been part of the vote. If that were the case then it's one company not 2 separate ones.
This is what really bothers me about the whole thing. The WJPA keeps talking out of both sides of their mouth.

If we should be included in the vote, then we are one company. Haven't seen or heard anything about the WJPA pushing for full citizenship for Encore pilots. I'm pretty sure that the only reason they want it is because they believe there isn't the same level of support for unionization at Encore as there is at mainline, therefore making it harder to hit 50 +1.

The WPPA's stated policy on Encore is to get rid of the second company and treat us just like all of the other employees in terms of seniority, ESP, medical/dental etc.
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BE20 Driver wrote:
fish4life wrote:The thing I find interesting is the company is challenging that Encore should have been part of the vote. If that were the case then it's one company not 2 separate ones.
This is what really bothers me about the whole thing. The WJPA keeps talking out of both sides of their mouth.

If we should be included in the vote, then we are one company. Haven't seen or heard anything about the WJPA pushing for full citizenship for Encore pilots. I'm pretty sure that the only reason they want it is because they believe there isn't the same level of support for unionization at Encore as there is at mainline, therefore making it harder to hit 50 +1.

The WPPA's stated policy on Encore is to get rid of the second company and treat us just like all of the other employees in terms of seniority, ESP, medical/dental etc.
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The above post is completely false. WPPA chose to exclude Encore from the vote. West jet also asked the CIRB not to have encore included. The only group advocating to have Encore included was the WJPA after the CIRB granted the WJPA intervenor status. The WJPA had encore incorporated into the mainline list after over 90 percent of mainline pilots voted in favour of it. Should the WPPA be successful that list will essentially be torn up. Meanwhile the WJPA is working hard at negotiating a new agreement for the Encore pilots. WJPA=one list. Any assertion that the WPPA has any clout as a labour union in dissolving Encore and forcing the company to be part of Westjet is an exaggeration of biblical proportions. I don't know where you would gather such information from, but i have my suspicions!
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Hey Squawk if your so sure about that why don't you read the actual CIRB submissions from WestJet.
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squawk wrote:Should the WPPA be successful that list will essentially be torn up. Meanwhile the WJPA is working hard at negotiating a new agreement for the Encore pilots. WJPA=one list. Any assertion that the WPPA has any clout as a labour union in dissolving Encore and forcing the company to be part of Westjet is an exaggeration of biblical proportions. I don't know where you would gather such information from, but i have my suspicions!

Not true. Any policy in place at the time of a vote remains in place until both parties agree to amend or replace said policy. I've said before both sides adamantly want to maintain one list. Yes, there is an argument that I can't be on a WPPA list because I don't pay dues. I'm certain that the same 90% that support one list will end up removing my name and inserting a place holder or some other system that accomplishes the same thing. I am not one bit worried about this at all.

A new agreement will only include some work conditions and hopefully a cost of living increase etc. It won't have anything to do with combining the companies and getting rid of second class status for Encore. It will lift the floor but that's it.

I am not saying that the WPPA has the ability to unilaterally change the structure of WestJet/Encore. I have gathered my information by talking with several members of the WPPA directly about Encore. Their stated policy is that we are all one team and if management can handle having the wide body pilots working for the same company as the 737 operation, they should be able to accommodate Encore with 20% ESP etc. under the same company structure. If this is on the agenda of the WJPA, it is as top secret as our Air Canada buyout plan.
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Ask any Air Ontario Pilot or a former Canadian Regional pilot about what common employer applications entail, time wise and money wise. Unsuccessful is the norm. If your think for a second that a trade union will restructure a company before it folds you are dreaming.You and I will both be retired (hopefully) before the burning cap ever reaches the stick.
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Squawk, I see your also on here also spreading half truths.
It was the wjpa that pushed the encore moa on the pilots
that defined them as seperate company.
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Green bastard, you are doing the same. WJPA had no control over Encore being set up as a separate company, it was WestJet management that is responsible.
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Sadly, correcting this is not even on their radar.
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This whole situation is an embarrassment. The half-truths, lies, opinions, scare tactics and BS being spouted off by the pro and against is an embarrassment. If anything, pilots are consistent and one thing......
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green bastard wrote:Squawk, I see your also on here also spreading half truths.
It was the wjpa that pushed the encore moa on the pilots
that defined them as seperate company.
The WJPA and Pilots in general, do not have any say on how a company is structured. Find me a labour union that did. And i'll show you a company that is no longer. We did have a say on whether or not we thought a regional subsidiary of WestJet was a good idea. We all voted overwhelmingly yes. We also voted over 90 percent in favour of having Encore pilots under our list. ONE LIST. That speaks volumes of our democratic open door relationship with the management of the company we all own.
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BE20 Driver wrote:
squawk wrote:Should the WPPA be successful that list will essentially be torn up. Meanwhile the WJPA is working hard at negotiating a new agreement for the Encore pilots. WJPA=one list. Any assertion that the WPPA has any clout as a labour union in dissolving Encore and forcing the company to be part of Westjet is an exaggeration of biblical proportions. I don't know where you would gather such information from, but i have my suspicions!

Not true. Any policy in place at the time of a vote remains in place until both parties agree to amend or replace said policy. I've said before both sides adamantly want to maintain one list. Yes, there is an argument that I can't be on a WPPA list because I don't pay dues. I'm certain that the same 90% that support one list will end up removing my name and inserting a place holder or some other system that accomplishes the same thing. I am not one bit worried about this at all.

A new agreement will only include some work conditions and hopefully a cost of living increase etc. It won't have anything to do with combining the companies and getting rid of second class status for Encore. It will lift the floor but that's it.

I am not saying that the WPPA has the ability to unilaterally change the structure of WestJet/Encore. I have gathered my information by talking with several members of the WPPA directly about Encore. Their stated policy is that we are all one team and if management can handle having the wide body pilots working for the same company as the 737 operation, they should be able to accommodate Encore with 20% ESP etc. under the same company structure. If this is on the agenda of the WJPA, it is as top secret as our Air Canada buyout plan.
The only thing the WPPA can guarantee is they will cost you more money. The union has said that they will accomplish what they want through the same open door that the WJPA has been using over the last year and a half. The WPPA filed yet another unfair labour practice complaint before the CIRB yesterday. If this is the seemless transition they are touting than i really want to see that playbook. That open door is getting slammed shut!
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St.Paddy's wrote:Hey Squawk if your so sure about that why don't you read the actual CIRB submissions from WestJet.
I have read them. Have you read yesterdays submission? There will be no decision on the original complaint until next year. How long will yesterdays complaint by the PPA drag on? Very indicative of their litigious nature. But don't you worry it will be a seamless transition if they get in. Hatchetes buried. Legal debts forgiven. You can just carry on and wave at the rudderless Q400's taxing by.
Your choice. Pull that ginny out of the bottle when you need too. No sticking it back in.
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