Air Canada strike over
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Flight attendants went on strike after Air Canada gave wage increases to certain employees, including pilots with a 26% rise in 2024, a mostly male-filed role according to CUPE. In contrast, the union said that flight attendants, who are mainly women, received a lower 8% increase in 2025.
Air Canada's unionized flight attendants reached an agreement with the country's largest carrier on Tuesday, ending the first strike by its cabin crew in 40 years that had upended travel plans for hundreds of thousands of passengers.
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Air Canada reaches deal with flight attendant union to end strike as operations will slowly restart
TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada said it will gradually restart operations after reaching an agreement early on Tuesday with the union for 10,000 flight attendants to end a strike that disrupted the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of travelers.
The airline said that it would gradually restart operations Tuesday but that a return to "full restoration may require a week or more."
Canadian regulators once again ordered union leaders to end Air Canada's work stoppage on Monday, while employees remain defiant.
Air Canada and the union representing 10,000 flight attendants have resumed talks for the first time since their strike began three days ago.
Aviation analytics firm Cirium said that as of Monday afternoon, August 18, Air Canada had called off at least 1,219 domestic flights and 1,339 international flights since last Thursday, when the carrier began gradually suspending its operations ahead of the strike and lockout.
Air Canada and the union representing its cabin crew have reached a tentative deal, with plans to resume flying Tuesday evening.
Air Canada's flight attendant union reached a tentative agreement with the country's largest airline, after a multi-day strike that temporarily halted operations.
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Air Canada y sindicato de sobrecargos reanudan diálogo por primera vez desde que comenzó la huelga
El sindicato de 10.000 asistentes de vuelo en huelga de Air Canada y la aerolínea reanudaron las conversaciones el lunes por la noche por primera vez desde
Air Canada on Monday withdrew its third quarter and full-year earnings guidance due to a disruption in operations after its flight attendants went on strike.
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