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air CanadaUpdated Oct. 10 at 8:32 a.m. ET:

Air Canada flight attendants have rejected a tentative deal reached between their union and the airline and are poised to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, the union said in a news release Sunday.


Updated Sept. 20 at 4:13 p.m. ET:
Air Canada has reached a tentative deal with its 6,800 flight attendants to avoid a strike.

Flight attendants were expected to go on strike at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday after voting in favour of a strike mandate Tuesday.

Updated Sept. 20 at 9:07 a.m. ET:

Contract talks aimed at averting a strike by Air Canada's roughly 6,800 flight attendants broke off late Monday without an agreement. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the attendants will hold rallies in cities across Canada Tuesday starting at 10 a.m. They've threatened to begin a strike at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.

Originally posted Sept. 14:

Air Canada's flight attendants could go on strike as soon as next Wednesday after voting in favour of a strike mandate Tuesday.

"A strike vote does not mean we will necessarily go on strike, but it means we will strike if we need to. What we want and still hope for is a negotiated deal with the company," the president of the flight attendants' union, Jeff Taylor, said in a statement.

If a deal isn't reached, 6,800 flight attendants could walk off the job in the airline's second strike in three months.

About 3,800 customer sales and service representatives represented by the Canadian Auto Workers union held a three-day strike in June.
    
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