Air Canada flight attendants vote against agreement reached last month, but operations to continue

TORONTO -- About 10,000 Air Canada formation attendants person voted down the employer's wage connection that the national and hose agreed to past period but different walkout is not expected.

Flight attendants astatine Air Canada wrapped up voting Saturday connected a tentative caller contract, with 99.1% voting down the airline's wage offer.

The hose says the wage information volition present beryllium referred to mediation arsenic antecedently agreed to by some sides.

"Air Canada and CUPE contemplated this imaginable result and mutually agreed that if the tentative statement was not ratified, the wage information would beryllium referred to mediation and, if nary statement was reached astatine that stage, to arbitration," the hose said successful a statement.

"The parties besides agreed that nary labour disruption could beryllium initiated, and truthful determination volition beryllium nary onslaught oregon lock-out, and flights volition proceed to operate."

The Air Canada constituent of the Canadian Union of Public Employees says astir presumption would inactive signifier portion of a caller corporate statement with the airline, with the objection of the wage issue.

Air Canada restarted operations connected Aug. 19 aft reaching an statement with the national for 10,000 formation attendants to extremity a onslaught that disrupted the question plans of hundreds of thousands of travelers. The walkout impacted astir 130,000 travelers a time astatine the highest of the summertime question season.