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 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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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 Air travellers face lengthy backlog in resolving complaints through CTA

Air Canada customers looking to lodge a complaint with the regulator over their experience during the recent flight attendants’ strike should prepare for a wait. The Canadian Transportation Agency said its backlog of air travel complaints stood at about 85,000 as of Aug. 14, two days before the strike started. The agency had received nearly […]

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2 w. ago Air travelers face lengthy backlog in resolving complaints through CTA

Air Canada customers looking to lodge a complaint with the regulator over their experience during the flight attendants’ strike should prepare for a wait. The Canadian Transportation Agency says its backlog of air travel complaints stood at about 85,000 as of Aug. 14, two days before the strike started. The backlog has been growing since […]

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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 to cover hotel, meal costs for passengers whose flights were cancelled

Air Canada says it is expanding its reimbursement policy for customers affected by widespread cancellations during the recent flight attendants’ strike. The airline said that in addition to refunding customers who booked alternative transportation because of cancelled flights between Aug. 15 and Aug. 23, it will now also cover “reasonable expenses” for hotel stays, meals […]

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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 North American flights resuming but full service a week or more away, Air Canada says

Airline says crew are out of position and some flights will cancelled until the schedule is stabilized

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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 Air Canada routes within North America to ramp up this morning as restart continues

Air Canada flights within North America are expected to ramp up this morning as the airline continues its operational restart following a three-day flight attendants’ strike. The company resumed flights Tuesday afternoon after a complete halt to Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge routes that began early Saturday morning. It said it was focusing 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 Air Canada won’t punish flight attendants over illegal strike, will pay for pre

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

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3 w. ago Canada Post, union to restart labour talks after Air Canada strike ends

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers had previously said the return to bargaining had been delayed after federal mediators were called into the Air Canada dispute.

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3 w. ago Air Canada to resume operations after making deal to end flight attendants' strike

The airline said flights will 'gradually' resume Tuesday evening, warning full restoration could take up to 10 days

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3 w. ago CUPE sues government to block ‘unconstitutional’ power used to end flight attendant strike

The union accused Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu of undermining the flight attendants’ constitutional right to strike

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3 w. ago Air Canada and flight attendants union reach tentative deal to end strike

Air Canada has reached a deal with its flight attendants to end a three-day walkout that led to mass cancellations during the busy summer season and forced country’s largest airline to withdraw its financial outlook for the year. The agreement was reached early Tuesday after a mediated negotiation session that lasted more than nine hours, […]

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3 w. ago Flight attendants union says tentative deal reached to end Air Canada strike

The two sides met through the night with a federal mediator before reaching a tentative agreement that will be brought to members of the Air Canada component of CUPE

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