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A Sunwing aircraft is parked at Montreal Trudeau airport in Montreal on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Unifor states the Canadian govt should block the WestJet Group’s takeover of Sunwing Airlines Inc. except if it can guarantee work creation and investments in personnel. THE CANADIAN Push/Paul Chiasson

Unifor pushes for task guarantees in federal assessment of Westjet’s takeover of Sunwing

Union involved acquisition will develop lower wages, occupation instability



Unifor says the Canadian federal government really should block the WestJet Group’s takeover of Sunwing Airlines Inc. except WestJet ensures job creation and investments in personnel.
The union claims it’s anxious that the acquisition will direct to additional sub-contracted perform with reduce wages and precarious problems, despite WestJet’s assure of position creation.
Unifor created the opinions as component of its submission to Transport Canada’s Community Fascination Review of the offer, which the WestJet Group introduced in March.
The union claims Levels of competition Bureau investigations and Transportation Canada critiques never frequently aspect in to how mergers impacts work opportunities, but the union submitting notes it is in the public curiosity and doable beneath the Competition Act to safe quality position prospects.
It suggests it’s anxious by Westjet’s reference in consultation files to “crew optimization” and “improved efficiencies in functioning expenditures,” which it suggests could place to reducing careers or contracting them out.
In announcing the offer, WestJet reported the acquisition will guard and produce positions, in part by shifting Sunwing’s seasonal aircraft into calendar year-spherical use.
The Canadian Press
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