The Canadian Union of Public Employees reached a tentative labor agreement with Air Canada early Tuesday morning, ending a work stoppage that had shuttered the airline’s operations over the last three days.

The union, which represents around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, lauded the new agreement, claiming it will provide “transformational change for our industry after a historic fight to affirm our Charter rights.” The contract now goes to the flight attendants, who must vote on the proposed agreement before it goes into effect.

While Air Canada will gradually begin restarting operations after the agreement was reached, with some flights scheduled to resume Tuesday evening, the carrier said that it may require seven-to-10 days before normal operations resume due to aircraft and cr

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