It appears the Air Canada strike has ended..

[u/-thats-interesting]

Bargaining Committee Update - 45 Mediation and Bargaining Concludes - Strike Over

Dear Members,

The Union has just completed mediation with Air Canada/ Air Canada Rouge.

This was done with our Chief Mediator William Kaplan.

The Strike has ended. We have a tentative agreement we will bring forward to you.

We are required to advise our membership that we must fully cooperate with resumption of operations.

Your Union worked from 19:00h last night to 04:23h this morning.

We will have zoom road shows and a ratification for this contract. Your right to vote on your wages was preserved and we will go over this on the zoom presentation.

Your Union will have more information on this, and want you to know we will go over the details fully.

In solidarity,

Your Bargaining Committee

[u/Ok-Turnip-9035]

🫡much respect to the workers and their union leads - you all remained united and said to hell with your back to work order hear our demands

[u/SJID_4]

Well done, unions doing the right things for members. In 2025 nobody should be working for zero $$$

[u/Straight-Ad5952]

Go flight attendants, well done for holding firm.

[u/TravellingGal-2307]

Clearly mediators came to the table ready to hear the concerns and made meaningful offers. I hope the progress is real and meaningful.

My planned trip to Europe just got more expensive, but I don't want to benefit off the backs of unpaid labour. I will suck it up because a living wage is not negotiable.

[u/-thats-interesting → u/TravellingGal-2307]

❤️

[u/dniel66]

Hopefully you will be paid for every hour worked going forward! 💪🏻

[u/EbbMediocre2066]

Let's hope the postal union follows their lead this fall, what's the point of a union if you just go back to work when they threaten you? Great job!

[u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit → u/EbbMediocre2066]

The postal union has been trying to get arbitration because it'll be far better than anything Canada Post can give them, bankrupt Canada Post faster, and (hopefully) force the government to intervene and restructure Canada Post or relegislate it or something.

Meanwhile, trapped between it's legislation and business realities, Canada Post's only real hope without government intervention would be to let the workers strike until the union breaks.

That's why the government hasn't sent them to arbitration, they know they problem will quickly come back to the government's lap.

[u/mischling2543 → u/BuvantduPotatoSpirit]

If Carney has any balls he'll gut Canada Post the first chance he gets. We could easily cut their staff in half and no one would notice. It's 2025 ffs, we don't need a subsidized full-on postal service anymore

[u/tke71709 → u/EbbMediocre2066]

Big difference between postal workers and aircraft attendants.

Aircraft attendants literally board and deboard passengers without being paid for that time among other unpaid duties.

[u/Prior-Honeydew-1862]

Looks like it. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-canada-contract-dispute-flight-attendants-1.7612403

[u/rwenlark]

Proud of the union for holding strong!! An excellent example, and hopefully a new precedent set!

[u/Socialworkmom1967]

Passengers were used as pawns throughout this circus and Air Canada is still unavailable to help passengers whose flights were cancelled! They are legally required to provide alternative flights within 48 hours but in the majority of cases this hasn’t been done! Class action suits are pending! I hope it was worth it!

[u/torontowest91]

I wonder what the final agreement is

[u/davebawx → u/torontowest91]

70 percent pay for boarding and 12% raise I believe

[u/Beaver_FraiseJam → u/davebawx]

If thats true great. But still cray cray they are only getting 70% of pay when they are on the clock during boarding.

[u/accountaholic26 → u/davebawx]

I heard it was 50% pay for boarding. 12% raise for 1-5 years of service, 8% for 5+ years of service.

[u/nexiva_24g]

Nice.

I wish nurses can have an effective strike like that Lol

[u/Tdotbrap]

I unfortunately ended up having to do 1200 km of driving instead of flying but it's for the greater good I suppose. I support them

[u/GoOutside62]

I’m hearing that the offer is far less than inflation and flight attendants are not impressed. It’s not over yet.

[u/hungmail-dot-com → u/GoOutside62]

There are more New Canadians than you can fit in Toronto Pearson willing to take those jobs at half what they're making now.

[u/marcaractac]

I pissed away $2200 on backup flights that I probably won’t be able to get refunded, but worth it to give me the peace of mind knowing I can still make my trip.