"Many of the flight attendants at Canada's largest carrier were dissatisfied with wage increases in a tentative agreement that they had arrived at last month and that had helped end a crippling strike at the time. Air Canada had proposed a 12 percent first-year wage hike for Rouge flight attendants and mainline staff with five years of service or less, and an 8 percent increase for those with six years or more, the union said."
"The tension between the Montreal-based carrier and its flight attendants' union comes only weeks after its roughly 10,500 flight attendants hit the picket line for three days. Disruptions led to cancellations impacting nearly half a million customers flying on Air Canada. It was the first time any union had defied a long-obscure industrial peace clause in Canada's 40-year-old labour code one that has been used to end strikes a half dozen times in just the past year and force workers back to their jobs."
Air Canada offered a 12 percent wage increase for employees with five years or less and an 8 percent increase for those with six years or more. Flight attendants and the regional unit voted against ratifying the carrier's wage offer and the union announced the decision on Friday. Roughly 10,500 flight attendants had struck for three days, causing cancellations affecting nearly half a million customers. Several flight attendants expressed dissatisfaction with both the wage content and the process under which the tentative agreement was reached. The dispute involved defiance of an industrial peace clause in Canada’s labour code.
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