Within a span of eight weeks, labour unrest has disrupted key transportation systems in Canada at crucial times, with more potential trouble looming.
WestJet mechanics went on strike the Friday ahead of the Canada Day long weekend, leading to the cancellation of 1,171 flights by the time the three-day strike ended. Both of Canada’s main railways locked out workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference on Aug. 22, during the fall harvest. On the same day, Air Canada pilots authorized their union to take strike action as early as Sept. 17.
