Flight Attendants Decisively Rejected Air Canada’s Pay Offer
Earlier this month, flight attendants at Air Canada rejected a proposed tentative agreement by a resounding 99.1%. It was the latest act of defiance by the 10,000 flight attendants at the airline, who illegally struck in August.
The excitement many had felt on August 16, when flight attendants defied the government’s draconian back-to-work order, may have clouded their assessment of the subsequent settlement. (Paige Taylor White /Bloomberg via Getty Images)
On September 6, flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge rejected a proposed tentative agreement by a resounding 99.1 percent, with nearly 95 percent of bargaining unit members voting.
It was the latest act of defiance by the 10,000 Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) flight attendants at Canada’s premiere airline. Several weeks before, the union had struck the airline — facing down a government back-to-work order (probably unlawful) under Section 107 of Canada’s Labour Code.
As worker dissatisfaction over the proposed contract became palpable, many suspected a rejection was in the offing but not by such an overwhelming margin.
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