Air Canada flight attendants strike in Vancouver despite return-to-work order

Air Canada flight attendants strike in Vancouver despite return-to-work order

Air Canada flight attendants remained on strike on Sunday, August 17, past the deadline in a government-backed labor board's order to return to work, causing the country's biggest airline to delay restarting operations.

Outside Vancouver International Airport, striking attendants chanted: "What do we want? Fair pay! When? Now!"

The Canadian Union of Public Employees said in a statement that members would remain on strike and invited Air Canada back to the table to "negotiate a fair deal," calling the order to end its strike unconstitutional. The airline said it would delay plans to restart operations from Sunday until Monday evening.

Air Canada said on Sunday that the CIRB had ordered the terms of the collective agreement between the union and the airline that expired on March 31 be extended until a new agreement can be reached.

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