Federal government makes a move to end Air Canada strike

by Sammy Hudes and Evan Duggan The federal government is intervening to resolve a labour dispute between Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said on Saturday she has directed the Canada Industrial...

Government forces Air Canada flight attendants back to work, into arbitration

Updated August 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM CDT TORONTO — Canada's government forced Air Canada and its striking flight attendants back to work and into arbitration Saturday after a work stoppage stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world...

Government forces Air Canada and flight attendants back to work and into arbitration

By ROB GILLIES TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government forced Air Canada and its striking flight attendants back to work and into arbitration Saturday after a work stoppage stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer...

Government forces Air Canada and flight attendants back to work and into arbitration

Air Canada Strike Could Affect Caribbean Tourism And Cargo.

- Advertisement - Air Canada has suspended all flights after more than 10,000 cabin crew members began a strike, leaving around 130,000 passengers stranded each day. The walkout began just before 1 a.m. Eastern US Time on Saturday and affects...

First-ever Yucatecan Vaquería to be celebrated in Toronto, Canada

9 The State Government, through the Institute for the Development of Mayan Culture (Indemaya), announced the First Cultural Twining between Yucatán and Canada, an event to be held on August 30 in Toronto as part of the “The Essence of My Land” (La...

Government forces Air Canada and flight attendants union into arbitration

By ROB GILLIES and RIO YAMAT TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government forced Air Canada and the union representing flight attendants into arbitration on Saturday after a work stoppage stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak...

Government forces Air Canada and flight attendants union into arbitration

Air Canada strike over for more than 100,000 travelers, 10,000 flight attendants? Here's the truth

Canada’s government forced Air Canada and its striking flight attendants back to work and into arbitration Saturday after a work stoppage stranded more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the peak summer travel season. Federal Jobs...

Air Canada cancels hundreds of flights amid crew strike

Agence France-Presse . Toronto, Canada 16 August, 2025, 23:33 An Air Canada Express plane is seen on the tarmac of the Pierre-Elliott Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Friday. Air Canada began cancelling flights on Thursday after...

Air Canada passengers left scrambling as strikes keep flights grounded

Air travellers across the country continued dealing with hundreds of grounded planes on Saturday as the federal government announced it was ordering a binding arbirtration in a labour strife between Air Canada and its 10,000 flight attendants on...

Travellers remain in limbo as Air Canada, union dispute goes to binding arbitration

1/28 The federal government ordered Air Canada and its flight attendants into binding arbitration Saturday in an effort to put an end to a strike that has upended the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of people during the height of summer...

Federal jobs minister orders binding arbitration in Air Canada flight attendants’ dispute

FEDERAL Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu on Saturday announced that she has asked the Canada Industrial Relations Board to arbitrate this dispute between Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) flight attendants and impose a final...

LETTER: Canada's healthcare model is a failure

To the Editor, In the United States, 49.2 percent of hospitals are non-profit Medicare enrolled, 36.1 percent are for profit, and 14.7 percent are government owned. Most hospitals in Canada are public or private, not for profit, although the exact...

Federal government orders Air Canada flight attendants back to work, imposes binding arbitration

CUPE said the pay proposal would in fact represent a salary increase of 17.2 per cent over four years. The union said a junior attendant makes $1,952 a month before tax, and that Air Canada’s best first-year proposal is an eight per cent raise...

Air Canada grounds hundreds of flights as cabin crew set up picket lines

TORONTO – Air Canada cancelled hundreds of flights on Aug 16 as it began shutting down operations in response to a strike by flight attendants, triggering summer travel chaos for its 130,000 daily passengers. Canada’s largest airline, which flies...

Travellers stranded despite federal intervention into Air Canada labour strife

By Canadian Press on August 16, 2025. Air travellers across the country continued dealing with hundreds of grounded planes on Saturday as the federal government announced it was ordering a binding arbitration in a labour strife between Air Canada...

Air Canada strike leads to canceled flights around L.A.

A strike by thousands of Air Canada flight attendants caused travel chaos and hundreds of flight cancellations across the country on Saturday, including 24 at Los Angeles International Airport and two at John Wayne Airport. The Canadian government...

Air Canada strike grounds flights, causing travel chaos for 130,000 passengers

Vertical Aerospace is working to launch its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft in 2028. Air Canada cabin crew walked off the job early Saturday, grounding hundreds of flights and stranding thousands of passengers forced to seek...

No disruption for Kamloops Airport Saturday morning from Air Canada job action

Photo: KTW file photo Baggage claim at YKA. No flights out of the Kamloops Airport have been impacted by the Air Canada flight attendant strike that began Friday evening. CUPE initiated a strike just before 10 p.m. Friday and in turn, Air Canada...