US EditionAfter Air Canada strike, Ottawa may need to change its intervention strategy: experts
- Air Canada flight attendants went on strike on August 16, 2025, leading to their lockout by the airline shortly after the work stoppage began.
- Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu invoked Section 107 to end the strike within hours, but union officials defied the order, resulting in the strike being declared unlawful.
- Negotiations resumed on August 19, 2025, leading to a tentative deal after workers held out on the picket lines, which drew high public support for their bargaining position.
- Voting on the proposed deal began on August 29, 2025, and will conclude on September 6, determining whether the terms will be accepted or proceed to arbitration regarding wages.
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The resistance of women workers has disrupted a growing trend towards the erosion of the right to strike in Canada.
The workers' approach disrupts a growing trend towards the erosion of the right to strike in Canada. In line, article 107 of the Labour Code.
The mistrust of flight attendants in the face of federal intervention to end a recent strike at Air Canada could create a new precedent for stoppages, according to some union observers.
Thousands of passengers stranded amid Air Canada strike By Matthew Daldalian EXCLUSIVE “NEWSFIRST MULTIMEDIA” Air Canada passengers across Canada and abroad were left in disarray last week after more than 10,000 of the airline’s flight attendants went on strike. The strike, which lasted from August 16 to 19, grounded flights at the peak of the summer travel season and affected nearly half a million people worldwide. The strike ended after a temp…
The failure of flight attendants to respond to the federal intervention to end a recent strike at Air Canada could create a new precedent for stoppages, according to some observers in the labour movement. The workers' approach has disrupted a growing trend towards erosion of the right to strike in Canada, observed Barry Eidlin, Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University, referring to the federal Liberal government's repeated recourse …
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