Air Canada delays its plans to resume the services on Sunday after its 10,000 striking on -board agents challenged the order to return to work from the Canadian government to stay on the stake lines.
The strike, which started on Saturday morning, blocked more than 100,000 travelers around the world during the tip of summer trips. The Canada Industrial Relations Council ordered the staff of airlines at work on Sunday at 2 p.m. after the The Canadian government has intervened And Air Canada said he planned to resume flights on Sunday evening.
However, the Canadian Public employees union, which represents on -board agents, said that the demonstrations will continue to cross the country, despite the airline declaration.
“We invite Air Canada to the table to negotiate a fair agreement, rather than counting on the federal government to do their dirty job for them when the negotiation becomes a little difficult,” said the union. “We stay on strike. We demand a fair and negotiated contract and to be compensated for all hours worked.”
The airline said in a statement on Sunday afternoon that it planned to resume flights on Monday evening.
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Less than 12 hours after the workers left the post, the federal Minister of Jobs Patty Hajdu ordered the 10,000 workcore agents, saying that it was not the time to take risks with the economy and note the unprecedented prices that the United States has imposed in Canada. Hajdu has returned work to the Canada Industrial Relations Council.
The closure of the largest airline in Canada early Saturday had an impact on around 130,000 people a day. Air Canada operates around 700 flights per day.
According to figures from the Cirium aviation analysis supplier, Air Canada had canceled a total of 671 flights by Saturday afternoon, after 199 Friday. And 96 other flights scheduled for Sunday have already been suspended.
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The fight against bitter contracts intensified on Friday while the union refused the previous request of Air Canada to conclude an arbitration led by the government, which allows a third -party mediator to decide on the terms of a new contract.
The on -board agents left the post around 1 a.m. on the HA on Saturday. Around the same time, Air Canada said that it would start to lock the airports on -board agents.
Last year, the government forced the country’s two large railways to arbitration with their union during a work stoppage. The union of rail workers is continuing, arguing that the Government removes the leverage of a union in the negotiations.
The Canada Affairs Council also urged the government to impose a binding arbitration in this case. And the Canadian Chamber of Commerce praised the intervention.
Hajdu argued that his liberal government is not anti-union, saying that it is clear that the two parties are at a dead end.
Passengers whose flights are assigned may request a full refund on the website or mobile application of the airline, according to Air Canada.
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The airline said it would also offer alternative travel options through other Canadian and foreign airlines when possible. However, he warned that this could not guarantee immediate refund because thefts on other airlines are already complete “due to the peak in summer travel”.
Air Canada and the Canadian Public employees union have been in contractual talks for about eight months, but they have not yet concluded a provisional agreement.
The two parties said they are distant on the issue of remuneration and that unpaid on -the -board agents do it when the planes are not in the air.
The airline’s latest offer included a 38% increase in total remuneration, including benefits and pensions, over four years, which said it would have made our highest paid ons in Canada “.
But the union postponed, saying that the 8% increase in the first year did not go far enough because of inflation.
