Air Canada flight attendants go on strike
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After months of stalled negotiations, 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants walked off the job early Saturday morning. The federal government stepped in hours later to order binding arbitration, forcing an end to the strike — or so they thought.
The union representing Air Canada AC-T +0.31% flight attendants has rejected the airline’s proposal for binding arbitration, leaving bargaining suspended as time winds down toward an impending strike deadline early Saturday.
Several Air Canada customers visited the Regina International Airport on Saturday to try and sort out flights later in the week. On Saturday afternoon flight attendants were called back to work after Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu invoked binding arbitration.