CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador stands in solidarity with flight attendants employed by Air Canada and demands the government respect their right to strike. "It's absolutely disgraceful that so much necessary and vital work flight attendants do before and after each and every flight is unpaid,

Executives from the union representing Air Canada's flight attendants say it is ready to keep talking with the airline, even as the company says it never left the table. The CUPE bargaining committee continues to advocate for sticking points around wages that they say have been outpaced by inflation.