However, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the flight attendants, has ignored the edict and challenged the CIRB order in Federal Court.

The union has spoken - and it won't be accepting private arbitration in the latest updates from the Air Canada strike.

The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered airline staff back to work by 2 p.m. Sunday after the government intervened.

As of Monday morning, Air Canada estimated that 500,000 customers have seen their flights cancelled as a result.

It could be another chaotic day for travellers as a labour dispute continues between Air Canada and the union representing ...

Air Canada has yet to resume service after its 10,000 striking flight attendants refused to follow the Canadian government's ...

Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu invoked a contentious section of the Canada Labour Code, asking the CIRB to send the two sides to binding arbitration and to order the airline and its flight ...

Air Canada flight attendants’ strike declared illegal after planes grounded for days - The 10,000 striking workers are being ...

Many travelers remain stranded after 10,000 flight attendants for Air Canada went on strike early Saturday over failed ...

Air Canada flight attendants extended their strike, disrupting 700 daily flights and stranding 100,000 passengers, as the ...

Liberal jobs minister Patty Hajdu stepped into the dispute with an order calling on the industrial relations board to end the ...