Air Canada, union reach tentative deal
Air Canada and its flight attendants have reached a tentative deal to end the strike, so flights should gradually resume.
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walkerp 09:11 on 2025-08-19 Permalink
Man this was a bad look for Hajdu and the Liberals. Nice work by CUPE.
jeather 09:26 on 2025-08-19 Permalink
This is a real own goal on everyone but the flight attendants and the union, I hope they got everything they wanted. I hope this leads to companies being more willing to negotiate in good faith (as Air Canada clearly didn’t).
Meezly 11:04 on 2025-08-19 Permalink
It was gross seeing how other airlines drastically hiked their prices during the strike. I know demand drives up prices, but wouldn’t government regulation have some control measures for this? And re: labour standards, Porter and Westjet don’t seem to treat their employees much better than AC. Hopefully this will be a bit of a wake up call for the airline industry and for the Liberals.
Nicholas 13:48 on 2025-08-19 Permalink
Meezly, it could just be the algorithms running as they do. Prices for last minute flights always go up, and they also go up as seats fill up. If a plane was 90% full a day before departure it’ll be expensive regardless of any strike elsewhere; if people start buying tickets and it’s 99% full, it’ll be even more expensive.
The bosses should realize this is a huge wake up call. They expected everyone to fold, as they always do, and misread the situation. They had no plan, they had no contingencies. AC is just one case, but is this how Carney plans for things? I was already pessimistic about getting any deal with Trump, but if this is the guy on our side?
jeather 14:19 on 2025-08-19 Permalink
Air Canada, correctly, planned that after not really negotiating in good faith, the government would immediately end the strike. The surprise was that the union said “ok, then fine us, it’s our right to strike”.