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A quick look at recent airline labour disputes
Workers won raises of up to 50% after strike threats and short walkouts disrupted flights and forced last-minute deals across the sector.
- Canadian airline pilots secured a 24 per cent pay increase over four years, reaching a settlement hours before the May 19 strike deadline.
- Over the past three years, strikes by Air Canada and WestJet have briefly halted operations as workers sought wage gains matching North American standards amid rising living costs.
- Air Canada reported a $430 million revenue loss following a 2025 flight attendant strike, while a 2024 WestJet stoppage forced cancellation of more than 1,100 flights affecting roughly 150,000 travellers.
- Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code during the 2025 dispute, directing the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose binding arbitration.
- Recent agreements have yielded significant wage gains, with Air Transat pilots securing raises of more than 50 per cent and WestJet mechanics accepting more than 26 per cent over five years.
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A quick look at recent airline labour disputes
Over the past three years, strikes by Air Canada flight attendants and WestJet mechanics have briefly brought operations at the country’s two biggest airlines shuddering to a halt, and the threat of job action from pilots at WestJet and Air Transat was a real possibility during contract talks.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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