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Air Canada flight attendants remained on strike Sunday, defying a authorities labor board’s order to return to work and forcing Canada’s largest airline to delay its restart plans.
The walkout, which started shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday, grounded a lot of the service’s 700 every day flights and stranded greater than 100,000 passengers.
The airline had hoped to restart service Sunday night, however scrapped these plans after the Canadian Union of Public Staff (CUPE) urged its members to defy a Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) order to return to work.
“Approximately 240 flights scheduled to operate beginning this afternoon have now been canceled,” the airline stated in a press launch on Sunday.
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Air Canada flight attendants and supporters throughout a strike at Toronto Pearson Worldwide Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Arlyn McAdorey/Bloomberg through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Unionized Air Canada flight attendants fashioned picket strains exterior main airports, demanding higher pay and dealing situations.
CUPE, which represents greater than 10,000 flight attendants, stated on Saturday its members are paid solely when an plane is shifting — from pushback to arrival — and obtain no pay for boarding, deplaning or floor delays.
Reuters reported that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s authorities intervened Saturday, asking the CIRB to impose binding arbitration. The board issued the order, which the union opposed.
Canadian labor regulation permits the federal government to ask the CIRB to impose binding arbitration to guard the economic system.
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Pilots present their assist for Air Canada flight attendants taking part in a basic strike at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau Worldwide Airport on August 16, 2025, in Montreal, Canada. (Andrej Ivanov/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
The federal government can now search a court docket order to implement compliance or request an expedited listening to.
The labor union is demanding full compensation for this unpaid floor time.
CUPE supplied an announcement to FOX Enterprise on Sunday concerning its choice to stay on strike.
“We will be challenging this blatantly unconstitutional order that violates the Charter rights of 10,517 flight attendants, 70% of whom are women, and 100% of whom are forced to do hours of unpaid work by their employer every time they come to work,” the union stated. “We invite Air Canada back to the table to negotiate a fair deal, rather than relying on the federal government to do their dirty work for them when bargaining gets a little bit tough.”
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Air Canada planes at Toronto Pearson Worldwide Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. (Arlyn McAdorey/Bloomberg through Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Wesley Lesosky, president of the Air Canada element of CUPE, stated in a press convention in Toronto that, as of Saturday morning, there have been no bargaining periods scheduled between the 2 sides, which have held on-and-off negotiations for months.
“We are here because Air Canada forces us to work for free for hours and hours every day, and we are here because we are not going to accept it anymore,” he stated.
Air Canada stated its package deal raises general compensation by 38% over 4 years, whereas the union stresses that the corporate is barely providing 50% pay for floor duties like boarding and deplaning, not full hourly wages.
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Folks maintain placards as a strike begins after the union representing Air Canada’s 10,000 flight attendants failed to achieve an settlement with the airline, at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau Worldwide Airport in Dorval, Quebec, Canada on August 16, (REUTERS/Peter McCabe / Reuters Pictures)
The corporate stated its supply would make Air Canada flight attendants the most effective compensated in Canada. Already, cabin crew earn as much as $17 extra per hour than their counterparts on the firm’s largest home competitor, it stated.
Air Canada stated hourly charges would rise as excessive as 94 Canadian {dollars} ($69 U.S.) within the first 12 months, reflecting a 12% to 16% enhance that features an 8% enhance to base wages and one other 4% to eight% by means of a brand new floor pay system. By 2027, it stated, senior flight attendants would earn a median of 87,000 Canadian {dollars} ($63,000 U.S.) a 12 months, with about 20% making 90,000 Canadian {dollars} ($65,700 U.S.) or extra. Air Canada stated on Saturday that it “remains engaged and committed to negotiate a renewal to its collective agreement with CUPE.”
The airline is strongly advising affected clients to not go to the airport except they’ve a confirmed ticket on an airline apart from Air Canada or Air Canada Rouge.
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“Air Canada will offer those with canceled flights options, including obtaining a full refund or receiving a credit for future travel,” Air Canada stated. “The carrier will also offer to rebook customers on other carriers, although capacity is currently limited due to the peak summer travel season.”
FOX Enterprise’ Michael Dorgan and Reuters contributed to this report.
