Air Canada flight attendants union set to answer binding arbitration ask
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The union representing Air Canada flight attendants has asked the federal government to have until noon Friday to respond to the airline's request for binding arbitration.
The clock is ticking down to a potential strike by Air Canada flight attendants and lockout by the airline as Canada’s jobs minister awaits a response from the union on a request for binding arbitration.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees’ Air Canada component asked to have until noon eastern Friday to respond to the airline’s request to the federal government for binding arbitration.
In an X post on Thursday, Jobs and Families Minister Patty Hajdu said she had agreed to the union’s request, but stressed that “deals that are made at the bargaining table are the best ones,” while urging both sides to reach an agreement.
Both sides are less than 24 hours away from possible job action, with each having called on the other to return to negotiations.
Air Canada executives defended their decision Thursday to request binding arbitration, saying they still want to reach a deal, but asked the government to consider intervening if negotiations or “consensual arbitration” do not occur.
The union, however, criticized the airline’s move, saying it has called on the federal government to “interfere with negotiations.”
With the clock ticking down, the airline has already begun cancelling hundreds of flights.
Air Canada chief operations officer Mark Nasr told reporters on Thursday that by the end of Friday, he expects 500 flights to have been cancelled, with a full grounding as of early Saturday morning.
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