Air Canada, Flight Attendants Union Will Head to Arbitration
The labor union representing Air Canada’s flight attendants has asked to cancel mediation and move wage negotiations to direct arbitration.
The labor union representing Air Canada’s flight attendants has asked to cancel mediation and move wage negotiations to direct arbitration.
Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants have reached a tentative agreement, ending a three-day strike that grounded thousands of flights.
Air Canada called off plans to resume flights Sunday as its striking flight attendants announced they will defy a government-issued return-to-work order.
Air Canada plans to cancel 500 flights by Friday as its flight attendants prepare to go on strike, which could completely shutter operations by Saturday.
Air Canada said it will begin canceling flights as its flight attendants prepare to strike, raising the possibility of a full shutdown by the weekend.
The airline said the work stoppage, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, will not just impact flights to and from France but flights passing over the country.
A strike by pilots in Argentina has canceled almost two dozen flights and will likely cost the country’s flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas $1.1 million.
Workers at Edinburgh Airport and Glasgow Airport in Scotland have rejected contracts offered by their employer, Menzies Aviation, raising the prospect of a strike in the coming weeks.
Allegiant pilots represented by Teamsters Local 2118 have requested that the National Mediation Board release them from mediation.
The move comes one year after pilots voted unanimously to call a strike at the Tulsa, Oklahoma-based carrier once released by the National Mediation Board.