Overview

• CUPE announced a preliminary agreement reached late Monday after talks resumed for the first time since the weekend walkout, with membership ratification still required.
• The union says the deal secures pay for time worked on the ground, addressing a central dispute that had stalled eight months of negotiations.
• The Canada Industrial Relations Board had declared the strike illegal and ordered a return to work and binding arbitration, directives the union publicly defied while pursuing a legal challenge.
• Air Canada had extended staggered cancellations into Tuesday and warned it would take days to normalize schedules, with mainline operations paused and Air Canada Express (Jazz and PAL) flights continuing.
• Air Canada estimated about 500,000 customers would be affected, with Cirium counting more than 2,500 cancellations since Thursday; affected passengers are eligible for refunds or rebooking and are urged not to go to airports without confirmed flights.