In an email sent last Thursday to the company’s 12,000 employees, CEO Gregg Saretsky revealed that five unions are now trying to certify several groups of WestJet workers after its pilots agreed in May to join the Air Line Pilots Association. “Unions are opportunistically trying to grow their businesses by targeting WestJetters,” Saretsky said in the email obtained by The Canadian Press. Saretsky took specific aim at union dues, saying WestJet employees stand to pay $16.6 million a year if the unions succeed. “They get nearly $17 million of your money, or $425 million of your money over a 25-year career. The unionization drive includes appeals from Unifor, the United Steelworkers, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and the WestJet Professional Flight Attendants Association.

Source: National Post July 13, 2017 07:52 UTC