Air Canada strike cancelled

The union representing nearly seven thousand Air Canada flight attendants says it has cancelled its planned strike for Thursday. The Canada Industrial Relations Board said employees have to remain on the job while the contract dispute is being reviewed.

The Board said in a statement that they had to determine if services needed maintaining for the safety of the public. They said a section in the Canadian Labour Code forbids a strike or lockout until a decision is made. 

The flight attendants served a three-day strike over the weekend. This was caused by sixty-five per cent of votes cast against the latest tentative for a collective agreement. This is the second time in recent months that they have turned down a tentative deal with the airline.

Since Parliament is only resuming sitting on the seventeenth, a strike could last a few days before legislation goes into effect.