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Flight attendants wage offer rejection suggest problems ahead, analyst says
Flight attendants rejected the contract by over 99%, citing wages below federal minimum despite proposed raises; the dispute now advances to mediation as strike impacts continue.
- More than 99% of voting Air Canada flight attendants rejected the tentative contract with 94.6% turnout, moving wages to mediation and potential arbitration.
- Amid longstanding pay practices in aviation, CUPE said even with Air Canada's proposed 12% and 8% raises, attendants earn below the federal minimum wage of $17.75 per hour , and unpaid ground duties remain unaddressed.
- Following a 72-hour notice, the strike began on Aug. 16, grounding Air Canada and Rouge flights and cancelling roughly 500,000 customers' flights before a return-to-work order by Patty Hajdu.
- Both sides agreed that no new labour disruptions will be launched while mediation proceeds, as CUPE members remain prepared to continue their campaign and analysts estimate losses could reach tens of millions.
- Industry analysts say the Air Canada dispute could reshape pay norms as international unions and carriers watch closely, while critics condemn the federal government's role in worsening disruptions.
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Issue over wages in mediation and possible arbitration.
Air Canada attendants reject airline’s wage deal offer
Air Canada flight attendants voted 99.1% to reject the airline’s wage offer, sending the pay portion of August’s tentative deal to mediation—and then arbitration if required. CUPE said 99.4% of members participated in the ratification vote covering more than 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge. The union added that most non-wage terms of the tentative agreement would still form part of a new collective agreement, with wag…
Air Canada and CUPE head to mediation over outstanding issue
Air Canada’s 10,000 flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees’ Air Canada component (CUPE), voted on the tentative agreement reached on August 19, 2025. This agreement was achieved without concessions from the union and included improvements to wages, pensions and benefits, while also including a mutually agreed-to modernization of compensation for work performed on the ground. CUPE has announced that the tentative…
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