Canada's government stepped in four times to aid seven companies last year, stopping strikes using an obscure Labour Code provision. A similar decree on Sunday failed, however, as Air Canada's flight attendants refused to obey and stayed on strike for three days.
Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) has reached a provisional agreement with its flight attendants' union, ending a four-day strike that disrupted services and stranded more than half a million passengers. The Canadian Union of Public Employees said the deal represented “transformational change” for the industry, while the airline confirmed operations began resuming on Tuesday.
Air Canada said Tuesday it will gradually restart operations after reaching an agreement with the union for 10,000 flight attendants to end a strike that disrupted the travel plans of hundreds of thousands of travelers.The union first announced the agreement early Tuesday after Air Canada and the union resumed talks late Monday for the first time since the strike began over the weekend. The strike is affecting about 130,000 travelers a day at the peak of the summer travel season.Canada's largest airline said flights will start resuming Tuesday evening.
Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) will gradually resume flights starting on Tuesday evening after the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have reached a tentative agreement, ending a strike by the airline's flight attendants. More than 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job early Saturday, grounding flights and disrupting travel for an estimated 500,000 passengers over nearly four days.
The airline said the first resumed flights are scheduled to depart on Tuesday evening, but the “return to full, regular service may require seven-to-ten days as aircraft and crew are out of position.” Due to this, some flights may be cancelled over the week, “until the schedule is stabilized.
The strike caused flight cancellations affecting 500,000 customers.
Air Canada flight attendants extended their strike into a fourth day on Tuesday, although the union said both sides had resumed talks as hundreds of thousands of passengers had flights canceled during the busy summer travel season.
Air Canada suspended plans to restart operations Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a return-to-work order. The strike was already affecting about 130,000 travelers per day during the peak summer travel season.
Air Canada (TSX:AC.B) has withdrawn its third quarter and full-year guidance, as a labor disruption by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) flight attendants has seen all of the airline's flights suspended. The airline had forecasted an increase in capacity for the third quarter of 3.25% to 3.75% compared to the same quarter the previous year, and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) between $3.2 billion to $3.6 billion for the full year.
Air Canada's fleet of hundreds of planes remained grounded on Monday morning after striking flight attendants refused a government-backed order to get back to work and called on the airline to return to the bargaining table.
Air Canada flight attendants defied a government order to end their strike, forcing cancellation of 240 flights and stranding over 100,000 passengers nationwide.
The union representing 10,000 flight attendants at Canada's biggest airline says its members will disobey a government order to return to work , putting plans to restart flights into jeopardy.