{"id":4102,"date":"2026-08-02T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2026-08-02T07:38:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T07:38:42","slug":"westjet-flight-attendants-go-on-strike-after-talks-fall-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4102","title":{"rendered":"WestJet flight attendants go on strike after talks fall through"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Aug 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Flight attendants at Canada&#8217;s WestJet went on strike on Sunday after failing to reach a deal with the country&#8217;s second-largest carrier, grounding flights during the busy summer travel season.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4100\">UPDATE: Rip current statement in place for Charleston County until Sunday evening<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents 4,400 flight attendants at the carrier, majority-owned by Onex Corp, gave 72 hours&#8217; notice on Thursday signaling that a strike could come if talks failed to produce an agreement.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The union did not provide details in a Facebook post on Sunday announcing the strike. CUPE and the airline did not immediately respond to emailed requests for comment outside business hours.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The union is asking for its members to be paid from the time they check in to when they clock out, which is not currently the case. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4098\">Life after Orban: Hungary Inc digs in as new political era takes hold<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>WestJet had canceled 309 flights through Sunday night in anticipation of the strike. It did so to &#8220;minimize the risk of stranding guests and aircraft,&#8221; the company said on its website before the strike was announced.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The strike highlights broader efforts by flight attendants in Canada and the U.S. to challenge a compensation structure that mostly pays cabin crew when an aircraft is in motion.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Sumedha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Joe Bavier and William Mallard)<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=4096\">Thunderstorms with pea-sized hail in Oconee Mountains and Pickens Mountains Saturday<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>Copyright Reuters or USA Today via Reuters Connect<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Flight attendants at Canada&#39;s WestJet went on strike on Sunday after failing to reach a deal with the country&#39;s second-largest carrier, grounding flights during the busy summer travel season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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