After reaching a new tentative agreement, Air Canada and the union that represents its flight attendants claim that their strike has ended. In a statement on Tuesday, the airline said that once a mediated settlement was reached, it would gradually resume service. In a news release, the airline stated, “Mediation discussions were started on the basis that the union commit to have the airline’s 10,000 flight attendants return to work immediately, allowing the airline to resume the operations of Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, which have been grounded since Aug. 16.” In a bargaining update, the Air Canada Component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) stated that it would have a tentative agreement to present to members for a vote. “We are required to advise our membership that we must fully cooperate with resumption of operations,” the union said in their update.
Patty Hajdu, the minister in charge of jobs and families, called the agreement between the airline and the union that represents flight attendants “good news for workers and Canadians.” Hajdu stated, “I am relieved that the parties agreed to meet together last night.” “I strongly urged them to come to an agreement at the table during our meetings.” The announcement of the deal also brought relief to Prime Minister Mark Carney. He stated in a post on X, “It is my hope that this will ensure that flight attendants are compensated fairly at all times, while ending disruption for hundreds of thousands of Canadian families, workers, and visitors.”
Air Canada, flight attendants reach tentative deal ending strike
