The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that more than 4,000 WestJet flight attendants have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike that could delay or ground flights on the August long weekend during peak summer travel season. The Globe's Vanmala Subramaniam writes that the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 8125, which represents 4,400 WestJet flight attendants, announced the results of their members' vote this morning: 99.4 per cent voted in favour of a strike. The union held the vote after months of negotiations with the airline failed to yield any significant movement on a key issue: ground pay for flight attendants. Based on the results of the vote, flight attendants could legally walk off the job as early as Aug. 2. The union will still have to give WestJet 72 hours notice if they do intend to strike. WestJet flight attendants are effectively fighting an identical battle their peers at Air Canada fought last summer to get compensated for ground duties. As it stands, WestJet flight attendants only get compensated when the plane is in the air; they do not get paid for work they do in the airport or on the plane before it departs. They also do not get paid for work done after the plane lands.