For anyone trying to avoid labour disruptions, keep in mind the timelines….the WJ FAs contract expires at the end of the year, but they can’t strike as of that date. There is a timeline that has to be met of conciliation/mediation, cooling off, then strike vote, then actual strike notice. And of course a group would want to threaten to strike at a critical time, in order to give their group maximum leverage. AC FAs wanted it to be in the summer.
For WJ FAs, the earliest they could possibly walk off would be late February to March, and they would probably aim to be eligible maybe March break or closer to summer. They wouldn’t be walking off in December (still have a contract) or January (not yet eligible). My guess would be March at the earliest, could be later.
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