The Canadian Union of Public Employees' (CUPE) refusal to follow a federal labor board order for the flight attendants to return to work has created a three-way standoff between the company, workers, and the government. It has also raised the stakes in a dispute that is now closely watched by other labor groups.

The World Archery Youth Championships are among the events happening in Winnipeg currently impacted by a strike of Air Canada flight attendants. A local Ukrainian ensemble discusses how flight cancellations have kept them from the festival circuit in Columbia.

The dispute exposes several fault lines in Canada around work, how we value it and how the law impacts workers.