Air Canada Flight Attendants Vote 99.7 Percent for Strike, Could Walk Off Job as Early as Aug. 16

An Air Canada flight departing for Calgary takes off at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on March 20, 2020. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Air Canada flight attendants could go on strike as early as Aug. 16 after overwhelmingly voting to authorize their union to strike if it decides to do so.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) announced the results of the vote to authorize strike action that ran from July 28 to Aug. 5, saying that 99.7 percent of Air Canada flight attendants who are union members voted in favor.