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Air Canada flight attendants say they have reached a \u201ctentative\u201d deal with the airline to end a strike over wages and ground work that has cancelled travel for half a million people worldwide.<\/p>\n
Roughly 10,000 flight attendants walked off the job after midnight Saturday, insisting Air Canada had failed to address their demands for higher pay and compensation for unpaid ground work, including during boarding.<\/p>\n
The attendants\u2019 union defied two orders from a regulatory tribunal to return to work, forcing Air Canada to roll back plans to partially restore service.<\/p>\n
But after resuming talks on Monday evening, the union said it had reached a potential deal with the airline that it would put to its members for consideration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe strike has ended. We have a tentative agreement we will bring forward to you,\u201d the Canadian Union of Public Employees\u2019 (Cupe) Air Canada branch said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are required to advise our membership that we must fully cooperate with resumption of operations,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
Air Canada said in a statement that it would \u201cgradually restart its operations\u201d after reaching an agreement with Cupe through a mediator, William Kaplan.<\/p>\n
It said the first flights were scheduled for Tuesday evening but warned that full service may not return for seven to 10 days.<\/p>\n
\u201cRestarting a major carrier like Air Canada is a complex undertaking. Full restoration may require a week or more,\u201d Air Canada president Michael Rousseau said.<\/p>\n
Neither the union nor the airline immediately provided details of the proposed agreement.<\/p>\n
But Cupe said the deal achieves \u201ctransformational change for our industry after a historic fight\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnpaid work is over,\u201d it added, a reference to a key demand throughout the talks that flight attendants also be compensated for time not spent in the air.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen our rights were taken away, we stood strong, we fought back \u2013 and we secured a tentative agreement that our members can vote on,\u201d Cupe further said.<\/p>\n
Air Canada said it would not comment on the terms of the deal \u201cuntil the ratification process is complete\u201d.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear when Cupe would schedule a vote.<\/p>\n
Air Canada \u2013 the national carrier which flies directly to 180 cities domestically and abroad \u2013 has said the strike forced cancellations impacting 500,000 people.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, federal labor minister Patty Hajdu invoked a legal provision to halt the strike and force both sides into binding arbitration.<\/p>\n
Following that intervention, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), a regulatory tribunal, ordered the flight attendants back to work in two separate orders \u2013 on Sunday and Monday.<\/p>\n
But the union said it would not comply with the orders, forcing Air Canada to walk back service resumption plans.<\/p>\n
Air Canada told customers on Tuesday to expect continued disruption \u201cas aircraft and crew are out of position\u201d.<\/p>\n
It urged passengers to only travel to the airport if their flight was shown as operating.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe suspension of our service is extremely difficult for our customers. We deeply regret and apologize for the impact on them of this labour disruption,\u201d Rousseau said.<\/p>\n
Prime minister Mark Carney told reporters Monday it was \u201cdisappointing\u201d that eight months of negotiations between the carrier and union had not produced an agreement.<\/p>\n
He said it was \u201cimportant\u201d that flight attendants were \u201ccompensated equitably\u201d, but voiced unease that hundreds of thousands of people were facing travel uncertainty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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