Air Canada flight attendants get out of job as soon as the strike starts

More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike as ET at 12:58 pm after the airline and the union representing the union.

The Canada Union of Public Employees, or CUPE gave a 72 -hour strike notice after midnight on Wednesday. Air Canada replied soon after saying that it would shut down the workers, and began to close operations with a gradual suspension of flights on Thursday.

Now with a stagnation of a work, Air Canada estimates that 130,000 customers will be affected every day of the strike, a figure that includes 25,000 Canadian passengers who are abroad.

The strike began after a conversation between Kupe and Air Canada, which reached a deadlock with wages and ground salary – which compensates for flight attendants for the work of the aircraft, while the aircraft is placed on the ground – amidst the major sticky points preventing parties from reaching a deal.

Earlier this week, Air Canada formally proposed to CUPE that the parties use binding mediation to interact for renewal of the 10-year collective agreement ending in March.

CUPE refused to use arbitration, a process in which an intermediary would have presented a decision on specific items on which the parties may not agree. CUPE has said that it wants to stay on the conversation table and both sides themselves come on an agreement.

Air Canada asked the federal job minister Patty Hazdu to create a referral under Section 107 of the Canada Labor Code to send talks to binding interest arbitration. Hazdu gave the cup to the cup on Friday to respond, and he refused.