Union leader says he would take prison over forced end to Air Canada strike
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said the
strike would continue until the carrier negotiates on wages and unpaid work, even after the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) declared the strike unlawful.
'If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it. If it means our union being fined, then so be it. We're looking for a solution here,' said Mark Hancock, CUPE national president, at a press conference after a deadline by the board to return to work expired with no union action to end the strike.
Canadian Prime Minister
Mark Carney pleaded for a resolution. A domestic tourism boom has helped blunt the economic damage from tariffs imposed by Canada's biggest trade partner, the
United States , and Air Canada is the country's biggest carrier.
'We are in a situation where literally hundreds of thousands of Canadians and visitors to our country are being disrupted by this action,' Carney told reporters in Ottawa. 'I urge both parties to resolve this as quickly as possible.'
Hancock said the union has not heard from the federal jobs minister or Air Canada since Friday. The third day of a strike by more than 10,000 flight attendants has stranded passengers and led Air Canada to suspend its third-quarter and full-year 2025 guidance, sending shares down nearly 3 per cent.
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