Flight Attendants Fight Back As Air Canada Execs Run To 'Mommy And Daddy'
August 17, 2025
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as posted by the channelLabour unions are banding together to fight together with Air Canada flight attendants as they’ve announced a plan to defy a back-to-work order (based on Labour Code Section 107) that has a very shaky legal basis. I break it all down including the many wild details of this dispute.
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(Air Canada flight attendants forced to issue strike notice to end unpaid work, CUPE)
(how much flight attendants are paid)
(Air Canada no longer wants to negotiate, CUPE)
(The Liberal government has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, CUPE)
(Air Canada flight attendants to defy backtowork order, remain on strikeunion, CBC News)
(David J. Doorey)
(Canada Post Refuses CUPW Request for Arbitration)
(Air Canada flight attendants to remain on strike, defy backtowork orderunion, CBC News video)
(Most Canadians Side with Flight Attendants in Dispute with Air Canada, Abacus Data)
(No Wonder There’s an Air Travel Crisis. Airlines Have Been Screwing Workers for Years., David Moscrop for Jacobin)
(Air Canada’s CEO Gets A 233% Compensation Increase In 2022, Jay Lutz for DeepDive)
(Air Canada executive pay breakdown, Ben Thomson)
(Flight attendants ordered back to work say labour law violates right to strike, CBC News)
(Canada Labour Code)
(Air Canada conflictofinterest, CUPE)
(The CIRB chair Maryse Tremblay)
(David Coletto)
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