Air Canada has suspended all its flights as the strike begins by the cabin employees – one step the airline said that the travel will disrupt the travel plans for about 130,000 passengers a day.
The union, representing more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, confirmed 72 hours of industrial action on Saturday morning.
The airline stated that it had suspended all flights, which included its budget Arm Air Canada Rouge, and advised the affected customers not to travel to the airport until flying with a separate airline.
Air Canadian flight attendants are calling for high salary and work is paid for work when the aircraft are on the ground.
The strike on Saturday applied effective at 00:58 ET (04:58 GMT), although Air Canada started returning its operation before. The airline says that around 500 flights will be affected per day.
Flight attendants will picket at major Canadian airports, where passengers were already trying to secure new booking in the first week.
Air Canada, which fly directly into 180 cities worldwide, stated that he had “suspended all operations” and it was firmly advised to not go to the airport “.
It states that Air Canada Jazz, Pal Airlines and Air Canada Express flights were unaffected by the strike.
“Air Canada deeply regrets that the strike is falling on customers,” said this.
By Friday night, the airline stated that it had canceled 623 flights affecting more than 100,000 passengers as part of a winding part of the operation before the strike.
In a contract negotiations, the airline said it had offered a 38% increase in total compensation to flight attendants in four years, with a 25% increase in the first year.
The CUPE stated that the proposal was “below inflation, below the market price, below the minimum wage” and would still leave the flight attendant unpaid for a few hours of flight work, including boarding and waiting at airports before flights.
The Sangh and the airline have traded publicly about each other’s will to reach an agreement.
Earlier this month, 99.7% of the employees represented by the Sangh voted for the strike.
Canadian job minister Patty Hazdu urged the Air Canada and the Sangh to return to the bargaining table to escape the strike this week.
He also said in a statement that Air Canada had asked him to refer to the binding arbitration dispute.
CUPE has said that it had been talking in good faith for more than eight months, but Air Canada instead demanded arbitration directed by the government.
The Sangh said in a statement to its members, “When we were strong together, Air Canada did not come to the table in good faith,” the Sangh said in a statement to its members. “Instead, he called upon the federal government to overcome and take away those rights.”
