All flight attendants are paid by the hour with a "minimum monthly guarantee" of flying hours, but this doesn't include the one hour flight attendants need to be at the airport before the flight for pre-checks, the time they need to stay until the last passenger de-planes or flight delays.

Air Canada delays flight resumption after CUPE flight attendants defied a Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) order to return to work, continuing an illegal strike ・Approximately 240 flights cancelled on Sunday,

Businesses want the government to prevent a strike by Air Canada flight attendants because of the impact on cargo deliveries. The post Supply chain disruptions feared as Air Canada prepares for strike appeared first on FreightWaves.

Air Canada wants to reinforce the gender wage gap by forcing Air Canada flight attendants – 70% of whom identify as women – to accept a wage offer less than one-third what Air Canada offered its pilots less than a year ago.

The Canadian government has urged Air Canada and its flight attendants' union to restart contract negotiations, with a threatened work stoppage that could disrupt travel for tens of thousands just hours away unless there is a resolution to the dispute.