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Air Canada flight attendants have made Labour history

Originally published: The Maple on August 25, 2025 by Adam D.K. King (more by The Maple) (Posted Aug 27, 2025)

After delivering an impressively strong strike mandate vote, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) flight attendants at Air Canada walked off the job on August 16. Within hours, Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu heeded the company’s call for intervention and quickly directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to issue a back-to-work order and send the parties to arbitration.
Flight attendants vow to fight as gov’t, Air Canada try to crush strike

Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on August 18, 2025 (more by Struggle-La Lucha) | (Posted Aug 19, 2025)

The federal government of Canada thought the Air Canada flight attendants’ strike was over on the afternoon of Aug. 17, when it ordered 10,000 striking flight attendants and cabin crew members back to work.
Why we need to (re)nationalize Air Canada

Originally published: Canadian Dimension on July 15, 2022 by Taylor C. Noakes (more by Canadian Dimension) | (Posted Jul 22, 2022)

It’s because of decades of public investment that the company, and our national airports system, exist in the first place.