passengers stranded<\/a> and in limbo \u2014 during the busy summer travel season after flight attendants walked off the job Sunday.<\/p>\nWestJet didn’t disclose \u200bdetails of the tentative agreement, which will be presented to \u2060cabin crew for a ratification \u2060vote.<\/p>\n
Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu confirmed the tentative pact on X, saying “the federal government and Canadians welcome the news that the parties have reached a deal together, at the bargaining table.”<\/p>\n
Timing for flights to resume<\/p>\n
It isn’t immediately known when flights will resume fully. <\/p>\n
But John Gradek, faculty lecturer in aviation management at McGill University in Montreal, said it will likely take a few days.<\/p>\n
“It’s about time,” Gradek said of the tentative deal, noting that some 225,000 Canadians were affected by WestJet flight cancellations this weekend.<\/p>\n
Gradek said the August long weekend \u2014 and particularly the holiday Monday \u2014 represents the busiest time in the summer for WestJet.<\/p>\n
“Today is shot. Things are going to need to get fixed up.”<\/p>\n
Canadians who’ve been affected should remain “on guard” and keep checking the latest status of their flights, said Shalene Dudley, a Toronto-based travel agent and CEO of Latitude Concierge Travel.<\/p>\n
“It’s a scary place to be, especially when you’re celebrating something like a wedding.”<\/p>\n
Some insight into the tentative pact<\/p>\n
In a statement Monday, the union said that the deal, if ratified, would “improve upon the legacy flight credit system by introducing a duty period premium that recognizes more of the work cabin crew are required to perform,” and also increases compensation for that work.<\/p>\n
“This tentative agreement represents meaningful progress,” CUPE Local 8125 president Alia Hussain said in a statement. “It evolves the flight credit system by recognizing more of the work cabin crew are required to perform and with general increases to compensation for that work. <\/p>\n
“To our members, thank you for your solidarity throughout this process. We also want to thank the public, labour organizations and everyone who supported cabin crew as we worked toward a fair resolution.” <\/p>\n
CBC News spoke to a passenger who has been visiting St. John’s from Toronto and was affected by the strike.<\/p>\n
While at the St. John’s International Airport, Maddie Young said her direct flight to Toronto was cancelled and WestJet rebooked her on a flight that included five layovers stops, spread out over two days.<\/p>\n
“I’d just like to get a more direct flight, so I can get back to work soon.” <\/p>\n
Young added that she hasn’t been able to get through to WestJet by phone, even when she’s called in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n
For now, Young said, she booked a direct flight with a different airline \u2014 but she hasn’t been able to cancel her multi-stop, two-day trip back to Toronto with WestJet. <\/p>\n
“I’m hoping to get through to someone.”<\/p>\n
Despite the headache, Young voiced support for WestJet flight attendants. <\/p>\n
“I’m happy that the strike is over, and I’m hopeful flight attendants got what they were looking for.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":844376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-844375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844375","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=844375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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