US EditionAir Canada Cabin Crew Strike Enters Day Four as Talks Resume
More than 10,000 flight attendants defy a federal order to return to work, demanding pay for ground duties while over 500,000 passengers face cancellations, union says strike will continue.
- On Sunday, the Canada Industrial Relations Board declared the Air Canada flight attendants' strike unlawful, leading Air Canada to suspend operations and estimate 500,000 canceled flights.
- CUPE, which represents 10,000 Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flight attendants, says negotiations remain unresolved after the March 31 expiry of the collective agreement, contesting unpaid on‑ground duties and boarding pay.
- Flight attendants walked off around 1 a.m. Saturday, and Cirium reports more than 2,300 flights cancelled since last Thursday, including 1,153 domestic and 1,339 international, with over 550 cancellations Monday out of around 700 daily Air Canada flights.
- Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu asked the CIRB to impose binding arbitration and set a 12:00 pm EDT August 18 deadline for CUPE's public strike revocation notice, while CUPE plans a court challenge.
- Polling and industry groups signalled 88% national polling support, the Association of Flight Attendants backed boarding pay demands, and CUPE said unpaid work affects carriers like WestJet and Porter.
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Air Canada’s flight attendants have defied Ottawa’s back-to-work order, striking for pay they’ve never received for pre- and post-flight duties, from safety checks to restocking. The action exposes decades of unpaid work baked into airline operations. National president of CUPE Mark Hancock raises his fist in the air while speaking to striking Air Canada flight attendants at Pearson international airport. (Nick Lachance / Toronto Star via Getty…
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Welcome back to This Week in Canada, where a country long known as boring keeps spicing things up, though mostly in ways no one asked for. ISIS brides fly business class and drink wine at our expense, Ottawa needs a Trump-style cleanup, and oligopoly ruined my vacation. Let’s get to it!This week was supposed to mark my grand return to the Bavarian Alps for the first time since 2019. Instead, thanks to the Air Canada flight attendants’ strike, I’…
Air Canada's on-board personnel have been on strike since the weekend, even the government has intervened in the dispute, and the union has now again resisted a court order.
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