Toronto (Canada), 16 August (LaPresse/AP) – More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants have gone on strike after the deadline for reaching an agreement expired, the union confirmed this morning. Hugh Pouliot, spokesperson for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, confirmed the start of the strike after negotiations failed. Air Canada said all flights would be cancelled for the duration of the strike. Canada's largest airline has already cancelled more than 620 flights, leaving travellers from around the world stranded and stranded during the summer season. The contract dispute between Canada's largest airline and the union representing 10,000 flight attendants escalated yesterday when the union rejected the airline's request to go to government arbitration, which would have removed the right to strike and allowed a third-party mediator to decide the terms of the new contract.
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