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Hundreds of flights were anchored after Air Canada on -board agents strike After interviews on an increase in wages, the largest carrier in the country has stalled.
“We are now officially on strike,” said the Canadian Public Employees (CUP), which represents the 10,000 Air Canada, in a social media position just before 01:00 HE (05:00 GMT).
The airline said on Saturday that it had suspended all flights to Air Canada and its Red Air Canada budgetary arm due to the strike, which has been the first since 1985.
“About 130,000 customers will be affected every day that the strike continues,” Air Canada said in a statement.
“Air Canada strongly advises affected customers not to go to the airport unless you have a confirmed ticket to a airline other than Air Canada or Air Canada Rouge,” added the airline.
Flights to Air Canada Jazz and Pal Airlines regional operators would continue to work.
Air Canada had announcement On Thursday, his latest wage offer to on -board agents in a press release, specifying that in terms of a senior on -board agent would earn an average of $ 87,000 ($ 65,000) per year by 2027.
However, the UPE has described the airline’s offers as “below inflation (and) below the market value”.
The union also rejected requests from the federal government and Air Canada to resolve the outstanding problems thanks to independent arbitration.
In addition to increase in wagesThe union said that he also wanted to tackle unpaid ground work, including during the boarding process.
Rafael Gomez, who heads the Center for Industrial Relations at the University of Toronto, told the AFP news agency that it was “a common practice, even in the world” to compensate for the on -board agents according to the time spent in the air.
He said the union had built an effective communication campaign around the issue, creating a public perception of injustice.
An average passenger, who does not know the common practice of industry, might think: “” I wait to get on the plane and there is a on-board agent who helps me, but they are technically paid for this work, “he said, speaking before the strike.
“This is a very good problem to emphasize,” said Gomez, adding that the gains made by Air Canada employees could affect other carriers.
On Saturday, online agents will make a cord of the main Canadian airports, where passengers have already tried to guarantee new reservations earlier in the week, while the carrier gradually completed its operations.
Passenger Freddy Ramos, 24, said on Friday at the Reuters news agency in the largest airport in Canada in Toronto that his previous flight had been canceled due to the workforce dispute and that he had been linked to Air Canada to a different destination.
“Probably 10 minutes before boarding, our door was changed, then it was canceled, then it was delayed, then it was canceled again,” he said.
Underlying Canadian companies of a Commercial litigation The United States has urged the federal government to impose a binding arbitration on both sides, which would end the strike.
In a statement published before the strike start, the Canada Affairs Council warned that an Air Canada work stoppage could add other pains.
“At a time when Canada faces unprecedented pressures on our critical economic supply chains, the disruption of the national travel and air freight transport services would cause immediate and extended damage to all Canadians,” he said.
Air Canada asked Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Minority Government to order both parties with a binding arbitration, although the CUP, which represents the attendants, said that it had opposed this decision.
Air Canada and Red Air Canada normally transport around 130,000 customers per day. Air Canada is also the busiest foreign carrier serving the United States due to the number of flights provided.
