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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.
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Air Canada cancels plan to resume flights Sunday as union defies back-to-work order
Air Canada cancelled hundreds of additional flights on Sunday after the union representing its flight attendants announced the workers would remain on
Hours after some flight attendants walked off the job, the Canadian government has stepped in to put an end to a strike that has created travel chaos at home and around the world. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says a night of failed negotiations led her to impose binding arbitration,
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said early Saturday afternoon that she has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to order binding arbitration between Air Canada and its union and has ordered operations to resume,
Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu orders binding arbitration, requiring Air Canada and striking flight attendants to return to work and resume operations.