Supreme Court decision not to quash a proposed class action lawsuit brought by former WestJet flight attendant Mandalena Lewis. As the proposed class action cleared one hurdle this week, the company is gearing up to bargain a first collective agreement with the new flight attendants’ union next month. Article Continued BelowLewis is not a current or former member of the CUPE unit representing WestJet flight attendants, which formed only last August. “As a union of flight attendants obviously we are very concerned about the issue,” Arab said. “The alleged facts set a story up that’s compelling in terms of the mostly female workforce being the flight attendants and the mostly male workforce being the pilots,” Allen said.

Source: thestar February 23, 2019 01:18 UTC