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Air Canada labour deal faces fierce opposition over wages, vote could fail: Reuters
Flight attendants will vote on a deal offering up to a 20% wage increase over four years amid concerns about unpaid pre-flight work and living wages.
- Earlier this week, Air Canada flight attendants ended a four-day strike that stranded half a million passengers, yet many remain dissatisfied and may reject the tentative agreement.
- Flight attendants say the wage details show a 16% increase for more experienced cabin crew and pre-flight pay of 60 minutes on narrowbody, 70 minutes on widebody jets, but five plan to vote no citing unmet living wage and unpaid hours.
- Flight attendants will vote from August 27 to September 6 and cannot legally strike again if they reject the offer; rejected wage items would go to arbitration while remaining contract items proceed.
- Moody's said the deal will raise Air Canada's wage costs, pressuring margins, while rejecting the contract would prolong talks and caused financial guidance withdrawal for the year.
- Five flight attendants told Reuters they will vote against the deal over pay and unpaid work concerns, while CUPE leadership acknowledged member frustration and said unresolved wage disputes would be handled post-vote.
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Air Canada labor deal faces fierce opposition over wages, vote could fail
Many Air Canada flight attendants are dissatisfied with wage increases in a tentative agreement that ended a crippling strike earlier this week and union members may not approve the deal, cabin crew and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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