WestJet Strike Averted as Ottawa Imposes Arbitration on Airline, Mechanics

A WestJet flight from Calgary arrives at Halifax Stanfield International Airport in Enfield, N.S. on July 6, 2020. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

A possible long-weekend strike at WestJet has been averted.

The federal government on June 27 directed the airline and plane mechanics into binding arbitration, steering clear of a work stoppage that threatened to disrupt flights for hundreds of thousands of travellers over the Canada Day long weekend.