CP NewsAlert: Ottawa launching probe of unpaid work in airline industry

By Canadian Press on August 18, 2025.

OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu tells The Canadian Press that the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on.

One of the key complaints from the union representing Air Canada flight attendants is that workers are not paid for duties performed before take-off.

More coming.

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press