Air Canada flight attendant strike ends after tentative deal reached

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00:00Air Canada says flights will resume Tuesday night after reaching a tentative deal with the union

00:04representing 10,000 flight attendants, bringing an end to a strike that disrupted travel for

00:10tens of thousands of travelers. The walkout began over the weekend smack in the middle

00:17of peak summer travel. Officials say it grounded roughly 130,000 passengers a day.

00:23Flight attendants walked off the job after their union rejected the airline's demand

00:27to enter into government-directed arbitration. The union says the deal guarantees workers

00:32are paid while planes are grounded, a major sticking point for flight attendants.

00:36The union put it bluntly, quote, unpaid work is over. Air Canada says no further details will be

00:42released until union members vote to ratify the deal. The airline says restarting operations

00:48could take up to 10 days. Officials say some flights may still be canceled as a result.

00:53Canada's Industrial Relations Board ruled the strike illegal on Monday, ordering flight

00:58attendants back to work. But the union defied the order before negotiations resumed. Air Canada said

01:04as of Monday that an estimated half a million passengers were impacted by flight cancellations

01:10from the strike. For more unbiased updates, download the Straight Arrow News app or go to san.com.