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Flight attendants picket Edmonton airport for fair pay, defying federal strike ban

"It’s just been a creeping situation, where people are saying, ‘Enough is enough. No longer is our labour going to be free.'"

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Jeremy Appel
Aug 18, 2025
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About 30 people attended a small but boisterous CUPE picket line at Edmonton International Airport on Aug. 18.

Air Canada flight attendants defiantly walked picket lines at airports across the country on Monday, a day after the federal government ordered them back to work.

The demand of the 10,000 flight attendants represented by the Canadian Union of Pu…

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