06:23 AM EDT, 09/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Air Canada ( ACDVF ) over the weekend noted its Air 10,000 flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees' Air Canada component (CUPE), voted on the tentative labour agreement reached on August 19, 2025, and it was not ratified by union members.

According to the statement, Air Canada ( ACDVF ) and CUPE contemplated this potential outcome and mutually agreed that if the tentative agreement was not ratified, the wage portion would be referred to mediation and, if no agreement was reached at that stage, to arbitration. The parties also agreed that no labour disruption could be initiated, and therefore there will be no strike or lock-out, and flights will continue to operate.

Flight attendants at Air Canada ( ACDVF ) and Air Canada Rouge voted 99.1% against ratifying the company's wage offer. Voter turnout was 99.4%.

Shares of the company were up 0.9% at $19.23 on the Toronto Stock Exchange last Friday.