Vancouver Airport Hit with New Round of Cancelled Air Canada Flights

Air Canada Flight Attendants Reject Airline’s Request to Start Binding Arbitration Talks

With less than 24 hours remaining before Canada’s largest airline fully grounds nearly all flights, unionized Air Canada flight attendants have rejected Ottawa’s attempts to consider binding arbitration to force a deal. Intervention by Ottawa to bring the eight-month dispute to a close through binding arbitration should be “firmly rejected,” according to an Aug. 15 statement from the Air Canada chapter of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (…

Vancouver airport hit with new round of cancelled Air Canada flights

Air Canada flights at Vancouver International Airport continue to be cancelled Friday as the airline and the flight attendants’ union have yet to strike a new deal.

Air Canada flight attendants reject company’s arbitration request as cancellations ramp up

The company started cancelling Air Canada and Rouge flights Thursday night and expected to scrub some 500 flights Friday affecting 100,000 travellers.

Statement from CUPE on Air Canada's Request for Binding Arbitration

TORONTO -- The Air Canada Component of CUPE has respectfully urged Employment Minister Patty Hajdu not to intervene pursuant to section 107 of the Canada Labour Code thereby permitting collective bargaining to continue and allowing the parties to negotiate a resolution.

Air Canada starts cancelling flights at Vancouver airport ahead of strike

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