Air Canada is delaying its plans to resume services on Sunday, as its 10,000 striking flight attendants defined the Canadian government’s return-to-work order to stay on picket lines.
Strike started on Saturday morning, more than 100,000 passengers stuck worldwide during the extreme summer journey season. Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered airline staff to work till 2 pm on Sunday Canadian government intervened And Air Canada said that it planned to resume flights on Sunday evening.
However, the Canadian Association of public employees, which represents the flight attendants, stated that the demonstrations will continue to run across the country, despite the airline’s statement.
The Sangh said, “We invite Air Canada back to the table to interact on a fair deal, rather than rely on the federal government that when they negotiate it becomes a bit difficult for them to do their dirty work,” the Sangh said. “We are on strike. We demand a fair, conversation contract and compensation for all the working hours.”
The airline said in a statement on Sunday afternoon that it was planning to resume flights on Monday evening.
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Less than 12 hours after the workers departed, Federal Job Minister Patty Hazdu ordered 10,000 flight attendants to return to work, saying that now there is no time to take risks with the economy and note the unprecedented tariffs made in Canada. Hazdu mentioned the work stop to the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
The shutdown of Canada’s largest airline in early Saturday was affecting around 130,000 people a day. Air Canada operates around 700 flights per day.
According to numbers from Aviation Analytics provider Syrium, Air Canada was canceled a total 671 flights till Saturday afternoon, Friday after 199And another 96 flights for Sunday were already suspended.
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The bitter contract fight increased on Friday as the Sangh turned down the pre-Air Canada request to enter the intermediaries directed by the government, allowing a third-party mediator to fix the terms of a new contract.
Flight attendants left the job around 1 pm on Saturday. At the same time, Air Canada said it would close flight attendants from airports.
Last year, the government forced two major railways of the country to mediate with their labor union during a work stop. The union is sueing for the railway workers, arguing that the government is taking advantage of a union in the talks.
The Business Council of Canada had also urged the government to implement binding arbitration in this matter. And the Canadian Chamber of Commerce welcomed the intervention.
Hazdu said that his liberal government is not anti -union, saying that it is clear that both sides are on a deadlock.
According to Air Canada, passengers whose flights are affected will be eligible to request a full return on the airline’s website or mobile app.
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The airline said that it would also offer alternative travel options through other Canadian and foreign airlines if possible. Nevertheless, it warned that it could not guarantee immediate rebooking as flights are already filled with flights “due to summer journey peaks.”
Air Canada and Canadian Union of Public Employees have been in contract talks for about eight months, but have not yet have to reach a temporary deal.
Both sides have said that they stay far away on the issue of salary and do unpaid work flying hostemps when the aircraft are not in the air.
The latest proposal of the airline included a 38% increase in total compensation including profit and pension in four years, stating that “our flight attendants would have been given the best compensation in Canada.”
But the Sangh pushed back, saying that the 8% increase in the first year did not go far away due to inflation.