Travelers brace for Air Canada work stoppage
Air Canada passengers are watching the clock ahead of a strike deadline that could see the airline’s flight attendants walk off the job at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, the CBC reports.
The company’s 6,800 unionized flight attendants, who are represented by CUPE, served a 72-hour strike notice on the airline on Sunday after 65 per cent of the votes cast were against the latest tentative collective agreement.
It marks the second time in recent months that the flight attendants have turned down a tentative deal with the airline. They voted 87 per cent against ratifying the previous effort in August.
There no reports of new negotiations between the airline and the union.
While a strike by flight attendants would undoubtedly have a major impact on Air Canada’s ability to operate, the airline has said it will maintain a partial schedule operated by its regional carriers in the event of a work stoppage.
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