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Air Canada Flight Attendants Could Serve Strike Notice After Midnight

Having rejected Air Canada’s arbitration offer, the union must serve a 72-hour strike notice by midnight to stage a walkout as early as Saturday.

Air Canada flight attendants hold a silent protest at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Air Canada flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) hold a picket at one of four airports to highlight their pay demands in contract negotiations with Canada's largest airline, outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Air Canada flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) hold a picket at one of four airports to highlight their pay demands in contract negotiations with Canada's largest airline, outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Air Canada flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) hold a picket at one of four airports to highlight their pay demands in contract negotiations with Canada's largest airline, outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio

Overview

  • CUPE declined the airline’s binding arbitration proposal, extending direct negotiations through federal mediation.
  • Under labour rules, the union must issue a strike notice by Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. ET to enable a potential work stoppage on Saturday.
  • Monday’s coordinated pickets at Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary airports drew attention to pay issues without disrupting flights.
  • About 10,000 attendants say entry wages of roughly $1,900–$1,952 per month and some 35 unpaid hours of pre-/post-flight work leave many near or below the poverty line.
  • Federal mediators are facilitating talks that both sides aim to conclude by Aug. 15 to avert travel disruptions.