Talks between the union representing 10,000 flight attendants and the carrier stalled over demands for higher wages
The prospect of a system-wide work stoppage by Air Canada’s unionised flight attendants loomed large on Friday with a strike deadline just hours away, despite a government plea for both sides to return to the bargaining table.
Canada’s largest carrier said in a social media post that the operational wind-down due to the impending industrial action led to 623 flight cancellations, impacting 100,100 passengers as of 0000 GMT (8am Hong Kong time) on Friday, hours before a threatened strike on Saturday.
The union representing Air Canada’s 10,000 flight attendants urged the minority Liberal government of Prime Minister Mark Carney not to agree to the carrier’s request to impose binding arbitration on both sides.
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