3 d. ago How strikes and lockouts at one airline can affect entire Canadian industry

Experts point to lack of meaningful competition as major reason

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7 d. ago Air Canada flight attendants vote to reject airline’s wage offer

Air Canada flight attendants, who went on strike earlier this summer, have overwhelmingly rejected Air Canada's wage offer, according to an announcement from CUPE on Saturday.

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7 d. ago Air Canada flight attendants massively reject wage offer, union says

99.1 per cent of flight attendants have rejected the airline’s wage offer

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7 d. ago Air Canada flight attendants to wrap up vote on new contract Saturday

Unionized Air Canada flight attendants will finish voting on a tentative new contract with the airline on Saturday, following a three-day strike earlier this summer.

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1 week ago Air Canada evacuation in Denver highlights flight attendants’ most critical safety work remains unpaid

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The union representing 20,000 flight attendants across Canada says Sunday’s emergency evacuation of an Air Canada flight in Denver is just the latest example of how flight attendants are not compensated for their most important safety duties. The flight was evacuated by the dedicated crew after an electrical burning smell was […]

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2 w. ago After Air Canada strike, Ottawa may need to change its intervention strategy, experts say

More than 10,000 flight attendants went on strike on Aug. 16, with the airline locking them out soon after, bringing all Air Canada flights to a halt

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2 w. ago After Air Canada strike, Ottawa may need to change its intervention strategy: experts

Flight attendants’ defiance in the face of federal intervention meant to halt a recent strike at Air Canada could set a new precedent for work stoppages, some labour movement-watchers say. The workers’ move disrupted a growing pattern that has been eroding the right to strike in Canada, said Barry Eidlin, an associate professor of sociology […]

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3 w. ago Air Canada ramping up operations to near full schedule by Friday

MONTREAL — Air Canada says it expects to be operating close to its full network schedule by Friday. The airline says it is continuing to ramp up its operations in a press release Thursday. This comes after the airline reached a tentative deal with the union representing its flight attendants on Tuesday to end a […]

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3 w. ago André Pratte: How Air Canada lost the flight attendants’ strike

The airliner was already on a bad PR footing, and that was before CUPE told Canadians that flight attendants weren't paid for ground work

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3 w. ago Air Canada strike will hit earnings, but not for long, say analysts

CIBC cuts airline's EBITDA by $250 million but keeps outperform rating

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3 w. ago Air Canada says almost all flights are back on schedule after strikes

Air Canada reports nearly all of its routes are back up and running following strike action by unionized flight attendants, which ended Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Most Air Canada domestic, U.S. flights expected to take off Thursday

Air Canada expects most of its North American routes to be back up and running today after resuming operations Tuesday following the conclusion of a strike by its flight attendants. An online dashboard tracking Air Canada’s service resumption said last night that 97 per cent of domestic flights were expected to operate over the next […]

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3 w. ago Canada Games challenged by Air Canada strike, families stuck in St. John’s

For Canada Games Council CEO Kelly-Ann Paul, the timing of Air Canada’s strike was nothing short of “surreal.” Air Canada grounded thousands of flights last Saturday when its flight attendants went on strike, disrupting the Canada Games in St. John’s, N.L., which run Aug. 8-25 with teenage athletes from across the country flying in and […]

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3 w. ago Two proposed class actions seek compensation for travellers hurt by Air Canada strike

The proposed class of plaintiffs in the first lawsuit includes all passengers worldwide whose travel plans were adversely affected

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3 w. ago ‘I cried’: Air Canada strike costs young Girl Guides member trip of a lifetime

A 15-year-old Girl Guide's flight from Toronto to London was cancelled because of the strike and lockout at Air Canada, which started the day they were supposed to leave.

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3 w. ago Opinion: PM needs to end his government’s war on worker bargaining power

Will Mark Carney go down in history as the prime minister who weakened worker bargaining power and accelerated the decline of the Canadian middle class? That’s the question many Canadian unions and workers are asking in the context of the contentious strike by Air Canada flight attendants. And they’re demanding a major course correction from […]

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3 w. ago After Air Canada strike, Section 107 of labour code is ’dead,’ says union leader

OTTAWA — A rare show of defiance by Air Canada flight attendants in the face of a back-to-work order from the government has proven the ineffectiveness of the section of Canada’s labour code that allows a minister to order the end to a strike or lockout, the president of the Canadian Labour Congress said. On […]

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3 w. ago Air Canada flights set to ramp up as restart continues after strike

The company resumed flights Tuesday afternoon after a complete halt to Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge routes that began early Saturday morning.

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3 w. ago Terence Corcoran: CUPE and the ‘crime’ behind the Air Canada strike 

'Unfair Canada' commercials and picket signs served as a giant smear campaign to corrupt the image of Air Canada

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3 w. ago Air Canada won’t punish flight attendants striking illegally as part of new deal: union

Union leadership said the four-year tentative agreement struck with the airline was a mixed bag

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