As early as Sunday, WestJet flight attends could begin their protest after voting overwhelmingly in favour to authorize a strike. While the strike mandate doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that there will be a walkout, there is still a chance that it could happen.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what you need to know if you\u2019re travelling this long weekend.<\/p>\n
What a WestJet Strike Could Mean For You<\/p>\n
CUPE 8125 represents around 4,400 WestJet Mainline flight attendants. Reportedly, the turnout for the strike vote was 97.3%, with 99.4% of those casting a vote being in favour of a strike. 0.6% were opposed.<\/p>\n
In the case that a full strike occurs, WestJet\u2019s near-200 aircraft fleet could be shut down. Not only that, but this could also hit SunWing Vacations Packages, as SunWing uses WestJet planes for their flights.<\/p>\n
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Photo: WestJet<\/p>\n
Although notably, the union is required to give a minimum of 72-hours notice before a strike. This means that if a Sunday strike were to happen, the union would have to give notice by no later than Wednesday.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m Flying this Weekend. Can I Change my Flight?<\/p>\n
If the strike does happen, WestJet will provide travellers the chance to edit their plans for free through a one-time change or cancellation. This only applies if you\u2019re travelling from July 30 to August 4, though.<\/p>\n
Your new flight must also occur within 60 days of the original departure date. You have to make your changes more than two hours before your scheduled departure.<\/p>\n
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Photo: YVR<\/p>\n
\u201cThis policy has been activated to provide you with additional flexibility and does not mean a travel disruption will occur. If your travel plans are flexible, we encourage you to review the options available for your booking,\u201d notes WestJet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019re travelling by plane this long weekend, you may want to prepare for potential delays and even…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-833592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}