Source: Air Canada Air Canada issues lockout notice to mitigate the strike's customer impact, allow orderly shutdown Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights will be gradually suspended over the next 72 hours; Air Canada Express flights are not affected Customers whose flights are cancelled will be notified and can obtain a full refund; Customers without confirmed flights should not go to the airport Government-directed arbitration sought after CUPE negotiators reject offer that included a 38 per cent compensation increase over four years and Air Canada's arbitration offer Air Canada today said that it has issued the statutory 72-hour lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) representing 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge [...]

Source: Air Canada Air Canada has offered 38% in total compensation increase over four years, including to address the issue of ground pay CUPE seeking unsustainable increases; Air Canada asking for no concessions Air Canada offer to enter third-party, binding arbitration rejected by CUPE Air Canada looking at all options; asking government to refer parties to binding arbitration process, a proven resolution for impasses Air Canada has said negotiations with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing 10,000 Flight Attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, have reached an impasse. The parties will be in a position to issue a statutory 72-hour strike or lockout notice at 12:01 am Eastern Time August 13, shutting down the airline as early [...]