Air Line Pilots Association

• Porter Airlines pilots give notice to begin collective bargaining

  Newly unionized pilots with Porter Airlines have served the company a formal notice that it intends to begin collective bargaining on a contract for the first time.

  Canada

  Sep 10, 2025
  
• Air Canada pilots picket at Toronto’s Pearson airport as talks continue

  Air Canada pilots are set to demonstrate at Toronto's Pearson airport Friday, calling for better wages and working conditions as talks with the country's biggest carrier continue.

  Canada

  Sep 29, 2023
  
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• What to know as Air Canada pilots eye possible bargaining this summer

  Air Canada pilots have previously said they are pressing for "historic" gains to narrow the earnings gap with higher-paid aviators at U.S. carriers.

  Canada

  May 29, 2023
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• WestJet tentative deal with pilots calls for 24% pay raise over 4 years

  WestJet pilots are poised to get a 24 per cent pay bump over four years under an agreement-in-principle between the company and the union.

  Canada

  May 26, 2023
• WestJet and its pilots reach 11th-hour deal to avoid strike

  WestJet said Friday morning it was re-starting operations as quickly and efficiently as possible, however the full resumption of flights will take time.

  Canada

  May 19, 2023
• WestJet pilots’ expectations ‘fairly high,’ CEO says as strike deadline nears

  Alexis von Hoensbroech called WestJet's most recent offer to the strike-poised pilots' union 'very reasonable but also very generous,' but said the two sides remain very far apart.

  Canada

  May 17, 2023
• Did WestJet pilots reject $300K+ salaries? Union says figures ‘cherry-picked’

  Global News obtained a memo sent by WestJet's vice-president of flight operations hours after the Air Line Pilots Association issued a 72-hour strike notice Monday evening.

  Canada

  May 16, 2023
• ‘Issues at heart’: London, Ont. airport to feel effects of potential WestJet strike

  Scott McFadzean, president and CEO of the London International Airport, says concerns are high for local terminals' new routes since WestJet pilots issued strike notice.

  Canada

  May 16, 2023
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• WestJet pilots issue 72-hour strike notice after failing to reach deal, airline announces lockout

  The pilots' union said in a statement it was poised to issue the notice over the weekend but delayed doing so to allow negotiations to continue.

  Canada

  May 15, 2023
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• WestJet pilots could strike next week; imminent walkout would be ‘premature’

  Talks between WestJet pilots and their employer dragged on Friday as the union warned a walkout could come as early as next week, leaving passengers' travel plans up in the air.

  Canada

  May 12, 2023