Air Canada flight attendants have voted against the airline’s recent wage offer after several days of voting, according to the union.
The tentative agreement included a 12 percent salary hike for most junior flight attendants and an 8 percent increase for more senior members. Smaller raises in subsequent years were also on offer.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said that 99 percent of the flight attendants voted against the deal, with a record turnout of 99.4 percent.
Contract talks will now be held with a mediator, according to a statement on the Air Canada website.
“Air Canada and CUPE contemplated this potential outcome and mutually agreed that if the tentative agreement was not ratified, the wage portion would be referred to mediation and, if no agreement was reached at that stage, to arbitration,” it said….