Montreal (Reuters) – The fleet of hundreds of Air Canada planes was still grounded on Monday morning while strike on -board agents refused an order for returning to work supported by the government and called the airline to resume negotiations.
The Canadian group, which usually transports 130,000 passengers per day and is part of the world alliance Star Alliance, had planned to relaunch its operations on Sunday evening, after a decision of the Canadian Council for Industrial Relations (CCRI) imposing return to work and the use of arbitration.
But the Canadian Public Service Syndicate (SCFP) refused, opening an unprecedented showdown with Ottawa. The union, which represents 10,000 on -board agents, defends a negotiated solution with the airline.
He called Air Canada to “negotiate a fair agreement”, qualifying the return to work of unconstitutional work.
The strikers claim better wages and remuneration for the tasks carried out on the ground, such as boarding, when they are only paid once the plane in motion.
Air Canada postponed the resumption of flights to Monday evening, accusing the union of illegally challenging the CCI. The latter had been seized on Saturday by the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney, looking for an exit from the crisis while the strike comes in the middle of the summer season.
(Report Allison Lampert in Montreal, Promit Mukherjee in Ottawa, Gertrude Chavez-drefuss in New York and Kyaw Soe Oo in Toronto, written by De Peter Henderson, Noémie Naudin, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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