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Air Canada strike ends after airline and flight attendants reach tentative agreement

Air Canada strike ends after airline and flight attendants reach tentative agreement

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Air Canada and a union representing the airline's flight attendants have come to a tentative agreement, ending a days-long strike that canceled thousands of flights and stranded passengers.
'Flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge have reached a tentative agreement, achieving transformational change for our industry after a historic fight to affirm our Charter rights,' said Hugh Pouliot, spokesman for the Canadian Union for Public Employees, in a statement Tuesday. 'Unpaid work is over. We have reclaimed our voice and our power.'
Air Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Union members will need to vote on the agreement to make it permanent. If they vote it down, the strike could resume.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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