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Air Canada strike latest updates: Another day of disrupted travel expected
Air Canada strike latest updates: Another day of disrupted travel expected

CTV News

time11 hours ago

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Air Canada strike latest updates: Another day of disrupted travel expected

CUPE's Air Canada Component President Wesley Lesosky says that the union is 'not willing' to accept the back-to-work order. Air Canada has suspended its plan to resume flights and unionized attendants continued picketing on Monday, despite a federal back-to-work order. The company has asked travellers not to go to the airport unless they have a confirmed booking with another airline and told customers to check their flight status. On Sunday, the president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) – which represents the striking workers – said 'this is not over' after negotiations were referred to binding arbitration. Air Canada called the union's actions illegal. Here are the latest updates: 'I want to get home' says traveller One Prince Edward Island mother at Toronto's Pearson International Airport told CP24 that she is doing what she can to get home to her son after her Air Canada flight was cancelled. 'My parents are looking after him so I just feel stressed. I want to get home to see my little boy,' she said. 'Also, just a little bit nervous because we are going to have to fork out a lot of money to pay for our own way home and then just hope that they will reimburse us for it, but we don't really have any confirmation that will happen.' Codi Wilson, journalist Air Canada suspends profit forecast On Monday morning, Air Canada suspended its financial guidance for the third quarter and its full year due to the labour disruption. In its outlook in July, the airline had said it expected to increase capacity for the third quarter between 3.25 per cent and 3.75 per cent compared with the same quarter last year, while it forecast adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization between $3.2 billion to $3.6 billion for its full year. The suspension of its guidance puts that forecast by the airline on hold. The Canadian Press. Read the full story here. CUPE 'will continue to fight' 'This is not over,' CUPE National President Mark Hancock said in a Sunday statement. 'We will continue to fight on the picket lines, on the streets, at the bargaining table, in the courts, and in Parliament, until the injustice of unpaid work is done for good. Workers will win – despite the best effort of the Liberal government and their corporate friends.' The Canada Industrial Relations Board that said more than 10,000 flight attendants had to return to work as of 2 p.m. EDT that afternoon. CUPE says it filed a challenge in Federal Court on Sunday. Jobsand Families Minister Patty Hajdu sent both parties to binding arbitration on Saturday, saying she was intervening in the dispute because of its impact on Canadians and the economy. On Sunday, CUPE held demonstrations at major airports in Toronto, Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver, accusing Hajdu of caving to Air Canada's demands Luca Caruso-Moro, journalist. With files from The Canadian Press. Traveller's honeymoon affected At the Calgary International Airport, Air Canada passengers struggled to make alternative travel plans on short notice Sunday. Emma Demers and her new husband Quinn were all set to go on a honeymoon in Cape Cod and New York City, with flights booked in and out of Boston. Demers got a text at 3 a.m. on Sunday saying her flight had been cancelled. 'I think with wedding planning, I've learned that things change, and to be okay with that,' Demers said, 'but just something you look forward to, and then things change--and like, non-refundable hotels, we had a concert booked and things like that.' Elsewhere in the airport, a group of six who were booked to go to Cancun explained their expanded new itinerary. 'We actually were the lucky ones,' said Isaac Kazeil, one of the six travellers. 'We got re-directed. But we're flying to Edmonton first, and we have two hours there, and we're flying to Denver, two hours there, then San Francisco, two hours there -- and then San Francisco to Cancun. 'And we're looking at the flight time, and it's actually like the same flight time from San Francisco to Cancun as Calgary to Cancun, so we have our regular flight, plus, like, all of these other layovers. So it's like almost 20 hours of flying to go to place like five hours away, right?' He said Air Canada picked up the cost of redirecting their flights, which turned out to be around $22,000. Stephen Hunt, journalist. Read the full story here.

Air Canada suspends plans to resume operations as flight attendants defy back-to-work order
Air Canada suspends plans to resume operations as flight attendants defy back-to-work order

Yahoo

timea day ago

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Air Canada suspends plans to resume operations as flight attendants defy back-to-work order

Air Canada says it has suspended plans to resume limited operations after the union representing the airline's flight attendants said Sunday it will defy a federal back-to-work order for binding arbitration to end the work stoppage. "Approximately 240 flights scheduled to operate beginning this afternoon have now been cancelled," the airline said in statement. Air Canada said it will instead resume flights as of Monday evening, but with more than 10,000 flight attendants remaining on strike, it is unclear how Air Canada plans to operate these flights. CBC News has reached out to the airline for clarification. Earlier Sunday, the Montreal-based airline announced it planned to resume flights starting this evening, a day after the federal government issued a directive to end a cabin-crew strike that caused the suspension of around 700 daily flights, stranding more than 100,000 passengers. But just hours later, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said in a statement that members would remain on strike and invited Air Canada back to the table to "negotiate a fair deal." "We will be challenging this blatantly unconstitutional order that violates the Charter rights of 10,000 flight attendants, 70 per cent of whom are women, and 100 per cent of whom are forced to do hours of unpaid work by their employer every time they come to work," it said in a statement. "I don't think anyone's in the mood to go back to work," Lillian Speedie, vice-president of CUPE Local 4092, told CBC's News Network at a picket line outside Toronto Pearson International Airport on Sunday. "To legislate us back to work 12 hours after we started? I'm sorry, snowstorms have shut down Air Canada for longer than we were allowed to strike." All Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge operations are affected, though flights by Air Canada Express, operated by third-party airlines Jazz and PAL, are not. The airline says customers whose flights are cancelled will be notified and are "strongly advised" not to go to the airport unless they have confirmed flights on other airlines. Air Canada will offer those with cancelled flights other options, including a refund or credit for future travel. The carrier also said it will offer to rebook customers on other carriers, "although capacity is currently limited due to the peak summer travel season." WATCH | Federal government steps in to resolve Air Canada labour dispute: Air Canada relies on government help: labour expert Steven Tufts, an associate professor and labour geographer at York University, says Air Canada has become dependent on the federal government to solve its labour-relations issues. He mentioned last year's dispute between the airline and the pilots' union; Air Canada asked for the government to be ready to step in before the two sides reached a tentative agreement in September 2024. "[Air Canada] tried to get the government to intervene with pilots last year," Tufts told CBC News Network. "Air Canada has to learn not to call mommy and daddy every time they reach an impasse at the bargaining table. They have to actually sit down and get a deal done with their workers." Earlier this week, Air Canada asked Hajdu to order the parties to enter a binding arbitration process. But intervention was something she resisted until Saturday afternoon, when she said it became clear the two sides were at an impasse. CUPE maintained it opposed arbitration, instead preferring to solve the dispute through bargaining. It said Hajdu's decision "sets a terrible precedent." "The Liberal government is rewarding Air Canada's refusal to negotiate fairly by giving them exactly what they wanted," the union wrote in a statement Saturday afternoon. The two sides are set to return to the table this week. The union accused Air Canada of refusing to bargain in good faith due to the likelihood of the government stepping in and imposing arbitration. It has said its main sticking points revolve around wages that have been outpaced by inflation during its previous 10-year contract, along with unpaid labour when planes aren't in the air. CUPE also launched a national day of action for Sunday, with demonstrations outside of the Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary airports.

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