Air Canada Flights to Resume as Amid Flight Attendant Strike

Air Canada’s cabin crew, approximately 10,000 flight attendants, initiated the country’s first strike since 1985.

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00:00Air Canada's 10,000 flight attendants launched the first strike since 1985,

00:05grounding 700 flights a day and stranding more than 100,000 passengers

00:10over a dispute on pay and unpaid groundwork.

00:14The union rejected a proposed 38% raise over four years,

00:18while Canada's Labour Minister ordered binding arbitration

00:21and told workers to return by 2 p.m. Sunday.

00:25Air Canada said flights would start resuming that evening,

00:27but could take up to a week for schedules to stabilize.