@SamHersh01:
You mean Maryse Temblay, former legal counsel for Air Canada who was presiding the hearing ruled that the flight attendant strike was unlawful?
I am shocked. Truly shocked.
@ladyscorcher.bsky.social:
Doesn’t seem very elbows up to order mostly women back to work without pay for a large corporation basically acting as a monopoly while the execs all make many millions every year.
@tryangregory.bsky.social:
Just today, Liberal partisans showed up in my comments to show us that they are willing to throw labour, women, Ukraine, and Palestinians under the bus rather than ever question their party.
@tryangregory.bsky.social:
Yep. That’s what they seem to still believe despite all evidence to the contrary.
@lisawedmann.bsky.social:
The Liberal partisans have assured me Carney is just playing 3D chess & his statement didn’t really praise Trump.
@tryangregory.bsky.social:
I also saw this. Liberal partisans will throw anyone under the bus rather than question dear leader.
@lisawedmann.bsky.social:
I saw some of the Liberal partisans spreading disinformation about the wages of AC flight attendants to defend the Carney govt decision to intervene in the strike. Just another example of their willful blindness to what Carney is doing. It’s tiring.
@peterlouwe.bsky.social:
Coming out as a union buster in his first year kinda seals the deal for Carney. Phoney liberal. Rules for the 1%.
Yup. Carney is a Harper con, and his actions betraying Canadians notably workers and women, show he’s more viciously extreme right than Harper and Pee Pee Poilievre combined.
@jekeep.bsky.social:
Carney eliminated the labour minister post as a sign of the right wing governing style we’re in store for. As he licks American boots, we see the only fight in him is against Canadian workers.
Fight hard now, or lose big later. Postal workers and so many others have been done dirty too.
@larrydallas1977.bsky.social:
Carneys CON colours have come out and his mask has slipped.
Never trust a BANKER.
@djayjameson.bsky.social:
Proud of the women at Air Canada for singing rage against the machine.
“Fuck you! I won’t do what you tell me.”
aircanada
@suze-bsky.bsky.social:
PeoplePower
I feel for travellers caught in the crosshairs but I feel this is an important moment for all workers in Canada
@patrickkoppes.bsky.social:
If you are serving passengers on the ground! You must get paid!
When the plane is on the ground for 1-2 hours because of a storm and you can’t take off, you must get paid!
When the plane is rerouted to another airport and you must wait on the ground for the fog to clear , you must get paid!
@davetoms.bsky.social:
“BuT tHeY’re bREakInG tHe laW” yeah but in this house we respect workers’ rights and those airplanes are gonna stay grounded until fair wages get paid. The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
@krazykozy.bsky.social:
Hell no to unpaid work. I wholeheartedly stand with them on that.
@pink2233.bsky.social:
Im fed up with all these wealthy bastards and politicians. They are a cancer in this world and our lives. From Russia to America to Canada.
@spudislander45.bsky.social:
I am so impressed with the resilience and determination of the #CUPE #flightattendants. They’ve been bargaining in good faith for 8 months and endured an archaic contract for 10 years. AIRCANADA needs to bargain. #Canadiangovernment applied #corporate #favouritism and workers won’t forget that!!Me neither
@emmogene.bsky.social:
Work in fields that were traditionally held by women has always been devalued. Look at how we treat education and healthcare workers. Nurses often don’t get paid to give their shift report after they’ve clocked out. Teachers do planning/lesson prep on their own time.
@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social:
So – if the flight is delayed at you sit at the gate with the door open for two hours and the flight attendants are trying their best to keep everyone calm and happy? That is unpaid labour.
Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike: union, Airline had planned to resume flights Sunday after Ottawa issued order for binding arbitration by CBC News with files from the Canadian Press, Aug 17, 2025
Air Canada flight attendants to remain on strike, defy back-to-work order: union4 hours ago
Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) told Radio-Canada on Sunday.
CUPE said in a statement that members would remain on strike and invited Air Canada back to the table to “negotiate a fair deal.”
“We will be challenging this blatantly unconstitutional order that violates the Charter rights of 10,000 flight attendants, 70 per cent of whom are women, and 100 per cent of whom are forced to do hours of unpaid work by their employer every time they come to work,” it said in a statement.
Air Canada and a Canadian government spokesperson were not immediately available for comment.
Earlier this morning, the Montreal-based airline announced it planned to resume flights starting Sunday evening, a day after the Canadian government issued a directive to end a cabin crew strike that caused the suspension of around 700 daily flights, stranding more than 100,000 passengers.
“I don’t think anyone’s in the mood to go back to work,” Lillian Speedie, vice-president of CUPE Local 4092, told CBC’s News Network at a picket line outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga on Sunday.
“To legislate us back to work 12 hours after we started? I’m sorry, snowstorms have shut down Air Canada for longer than we were allowed to strike.”
WATCH | Federal government steps in to resolve Air Canada labour dispute:
Binding arbitration ordered to resolve Air Canada labour dispute: Minister Hajdu
The federal government moved to order the airline and its flight attendants back to work on Saturday, less than 12 hours after the strike and lockout took effect. The union has accused federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu of caving to Air Canada’s demands.
Air Canada said Sunday it had been directed by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to resume operations and have flight attendants return to their duties by 2 p.m. ET.
It said the CIRB had ordered the terms of the collective agreement between the union and the airline that expired on March 31 be extended until a new agreement is reached.
CUPE announced early Saturday that its members were heading to the picket lines after being unable to reach an 11th-hour deal with the airline, while Air Canada locked out its agents about 30 minutes later due to the strike action.
Air Canada relies on government help: labour expert
Steven Tufts, associate professor and labour geographer at York University, says Air Canada has become dependent on the federal government to solve its labour-relations issues.
He mentioned last year’s dispute between the airline and the pilots’ union. Air Canada asked for the government to be ready to step in before the two sides reached a tentative agreement in September 2024.
“[Air Canada] tried to get the government to intervene with pilots last year,” Tufts told CBC News Network.
“Air Canada has to learn not to call mommy and daddy every time they reach an impasse at the bargaining table. They have to actually sit down and get a deal done with their workers.“
Earlier this week, Air Canada asked Hajdu to order the parties to enter a binding arbitration process. But intervention was something she resisted until Saturday afternoon, when she said it became clear the two sides were at an impasse.
CUPE maintained it opposed arbitration, instead preferring to solve the impasse through bargaining. It said her decision “sets a terrible precedent.”
“The Liberal government is rewarding Air Canada’s refusal to negotiate fairly by giving them exactly what they wanted,” the union wrote in a statement Saturday afternoon.
The two sides are set to return to the table this week.
- Ottawa orders binding arbitration in Air Canada-union dispute to end flight attendants’ strike
- Air Canada flight attendants walk off the job as strike begins
The union accused Air Canada of refusing to bargain in good faith due to the likelihood of the government stepping in and imposing arbitration.
It has said its main sticking points revolve around wages that have been outpaced by inflation during its previous 10-year contract, along with unpaid labour when planes aren’t in the air.
CUPE announced it is calling a national day of action and will have demonstrators outside of the Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary airports this morning.
Flights by Air Canada Express, operated by third-party airlines Jazz and PAL, were not affected.
The airline says customers whose flights were cancelled and did not travel or accept a refund will be notified and provided with a new itinerary.
With files from The Canadian Press
@cupescfp.bsky.social:
In an almost unthinkable display of conflict-of-interest, a former Air Canada legal counsel, Maryse Tremblay, will rule on whether to end job action by striking Air Canada flight attendants at the Canada Industrial Relations Board.Tremblay was appointed to chair the CIRB (Canada Industrial Relations Board) by Carney et al. Worse than Harper, Douche Fucking Corruption.
@VeldonCoburn:
Minister of Jobs orders flight attendants to work for free
@redsnoopy69:
The Liberals are really going to regret not going with Karina Gould, give it a little more time.
Mark Carney might be to the right of Pierre Poilievre…I have no doubt about that.
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@robrousseau:
an insane detail about this Air Canada flight attendant strike that I just learned was that these workers are not being paid unless the plane is in motion. So, the safety presentations, waiting at the gate, showing people to seats etc, that’s all just free labor. what the hell
@BenNephrology:
Air Canada @AirCanada
Executive salaries:
CEO M.Rousseau: $12.38 Million
CFO A.Kazzaz: $3.1 Million
COO C.Landry: $2.93 Million
CCO L.Guillemette: $2.74 Million
Exec VP A.Meloul-Wechsler: $2.0 Million Full-time entry-level AC flight attendant earns LESS than minimum wage (27k/year before tax)
CEO makes 458x more than entry-level flight attendant
Time for AC executives to take a large pay cut #CutExecPay #PayYourStaff
The comments from 2023 already raised concerns about flight attendants not being paid appropriately
@ruthmkb.bsky.social:
The absolutely gross and obscene inequity.
Air Canada, this is disgusting!