Flight attendant wages at Air Canada settled by arbitrator.

An arbitrator finalized wage rates for Air Canada flight attendants, keeping mainline increases from a tentative agreement and adding a one-point higher first-year raise for Rouge attendants.

An arbitrator has finalized wage rates for flight attendants at Air Canada, bringing an end to the labour dispute that disrupted travel last summer. The ruling left the wage increases for Air Canada mainline attendants as set in a prior tentative agreement. The arbitrator increased the first-year raise for Rouge flight attendants by one percentage point compared with the tentative deal. The Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees said the outcome was not what the union had sought. Key details: - The arbitrator finalized wage rates and resolved the dispute over flight attendant pay. - Mainline flight attendants receive the tentative-agreement increases that were previously negotiated. - Rouge flight attendants receive a 13% first-year increase, one percentage point higher than the tentative agreement. - Most junior mainline attendants receive a 12% first-year increase while more senior mainline attendants receive an 8% first-year increase. - The contract also provides increases of 3% in year two, 2.5% in year three and 2.75% in year four, and more than 10,000 attendants had struck last year. Summary: The arbitrator's decision finalizes a multi-year wage package and brings the labour dispute to a close. It preserves the tentative agreement for mainline attendants while slightly improving the first-year increase for Rouge crew. Undetermined at this time.