Air Canada flight attendants picket at 4 major airports as bargaining continues
In what their union called a national day of action, members of the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees planned pickets at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, Vancouver International Airport and Calgary International Airport.
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