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WestJet pilots file for union certification vote with regulator

A pilot taxis a Westjet Boeing 737-700 plane to a gate after arriving at Vancouver International Airport.
File photo. CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

CALGARY – The WestJet Professional Pilot’s Association says it has asked the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to conduct a union certification vote.

The association said in a post on its website that it filed the application for a vote among the company’s more than 1,200 pilots on Monday.

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If the application is approved, the industrial relations board is expected to oversee a secret ballot vote of all eligible WestJet pilots to determine support for creating a legally recognized union.

The association said in its post that one of the requirements for making the application for a certification vote is a demonstration of more than 40 per cent support for the WPPA in membership card count.

The WPPA says it exceeds that threshold.

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