WestJet Strike Ends With Tentative Deal After Hundreds of Cancellations
Travel desks called it a long-weekend snarl; CUPE and X treated the deal as pay for boarding work Air Canada already fought in 2025.
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Credit-Hour System Leaves Flight Attendants Unpaid for Ground Work
Airline spokespeople still talk wages; CUPE's fight is the credit-hour clock that zeroes out boarding, and X already knew the math from Air Canada.
WestJet and Air Canada Face the Flight Attendant Reckoning
Business pages sold a holiday strike; the fight is the same unpaid ground work Air Canada attendants won by defying Ottawa last summer.
CUPE Reports Meaningful Progress
CUPE calls the WestJet deal meaningful progress on unpaid ground work; passengers still see a grounded holiday weekend, not a labor win.
WestJet Cancels 600 Flights
WestJet's own board lists 645 cancellations; wire copy still talks 300. The strike's passenger cost is the larger number.
Shell Q2 War-Priced Profit
Reuters sells a beat while energy X calls a windfall; both skip that the trading desk is priced off the same disruption that cut Qatar volumes.
Freeland Talks Progressing
Ottawa sold WestJet talks as progressing while CUPE walked and hundreds of flights died; a Monday tentative deal does not rewrite the weekend.
WestJet Encore Unaffected
The airline sold Encore Q400s as a safe island while mainline died; X treated any WestJet number as cancelled.
Bell 214 From Australian Contractor
McDermott's fleet press release is a capability story; Sunday's collision is what that contract looks like at rotor height.