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Talks between Air Canada (ACb.TO) and its flight attendants’ union broke down late on Monday, a source close to the negotiations said, making a strike at Canada’s biggest airline a near certainty beginning Wednesday.
“Talks have broken off,” the source said.
Neither Air Canada nor the Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 6,800 flight attendants at Air Canada, were immediately available for comment.
A strike by cabin crew at Air Canada is likely to severely disrupt flights at the world’s eighth-biggest airline, which flies to more than 150 destinations in Canada, the United States and internationally.
via UPDATE 6-Air Canada, union talks break off; strike looms | Reuters.
