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CANADA: Air Canada Pilots Vote In Favor Of Strike, Adding To Rail Woes

CANADA

Adding to the historically large and simultaneous rail strikes from both CN and CKPC that started today, Air Canada pilots have also voted to authorize union leaders to call a strike. 

  • The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of a strike mandate (98%). 
  • It would affect more than 5,400 Air Canada pilots. 
  • “Air Canada pilots will be in a legal position to commence job action as early as mid-September if no agreement has been reached by the end of the cooling-off period.”
  • ALPA notice here

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