The new agreement comes amid a 72-hour strike notice issued by the union on Wednesday to the management and the government, following the failed ratification of the earlier agreement between the two sides on May 10. "Over the coming days, our WestJet Encore membership will begin voting on the new tentative agreement," said Carin Kenny, chair of the WestJet Encore Master Executive Council. WestJet Encore operates a network of regional flights that serve the mainline WestJet Airlines.
The U.S. Department of Labor wants a federal judge to prevent Hyundai and two other Alabama companies from what the government contends is the illegal employment of children. The complaint filed Thursday follows an investigation by the department’s Wage and Hour Division that found a 13-year-old worked between 50 and 60 hours a week operating machines on an assembly line that formed sheet metal into auto body parts. The defendants include Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama LLC, SMART Alabama LLC and Best Practice Service, LLC. The lawsuit said it seeks to end the use of child labor and require that the companies give up profits linked to the alleged practice.
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