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  "id": 679770,
  "title": "Canadian airline WestJet agrees to settle flight attendants’ sexual harassment class action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/canadian-airline-westjet-agrees-to-settle-flight-attendants-sexual-679770",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-12T14:40:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/12/canadian-airline-westjet-settle-flight-attendants-sexual-harassment-class-action"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Female staff alleged company failed to maintain safe workplace, after allegations of sexual assault against pilot The Canadian airline WestJet has agreed to pay C$4.5m (£2.4m) to settle a decade-long sexual harassment class action lawsuit levelled by its female flight attendants, who alleged the company failed to maintain a safe workplace. The suit followed allegations by Mandalena Lewis, a…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Canadian airline WestJet agrees to settle flight attendants’ sexual harassment class action",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/canadian-airline-westjet-agrees-to-settle-flight-attendants-sexual",
        "published": "2026-08-12T14:40:36.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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