The board has declared the strike illegal, with Air Canada saying that 700 flights a day are being cancelled, impacting approximately 500,000 customers. The CIRB ordered the flight attendants to immediately return to work. The directive was met with defiance, despite the threat of significant penalties such as fines and jail.

Striking Air Canada flight attendants vowed Monday to defy another back-to-work order from Canada's labor tribunal, extending a work stoppage that has cancelled travel for half a million people worldwide.

Air Canada and the union representing 10,000 striking flight attendants will hold discussions on Monday night with a mediator, the union said in a statement.

El sindicato de 10.000 asistentes de vuelo en huelga de Air Canada dijo el lunes que no volverán al trabajo a pesar de que el paro, que ahora está en

Air Canada delays flight resumption after CUPE flight attendants defied a Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) order to return to work, continuing an illegal strike ・Approximately 240 flights cancelled on Sunday,

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Air Canada wants to reinforce the gender wage gap by forcing Air Canada flight attendants – 70% of whom identify as women – to accept a wage offer less than one-third what Air Canada offered its pilots less than a year ago.

The Canadian government has urged Air Canada and its flight attendants' union to restart contract negotiations, with a threatened work stoppage that could disrupt travel for tens of thousands just hours away unless there is a resolution to the dispute.