Air Canada says that it plans to resume flights on Sunday after the federal government intervened and ordered binding arbitration to end a hostess strike the previous day.
Montreal -based airline says that the first flights will resume tonight, but that they will spend several days before their operations return to normal.
Air Canada says that it has been directed by the Canada Industrial Relations Board to resume operations and make flight attendees continue their duties at 2 pm et.
The Federal Government ordered the airline and its flight attendees yesterday, finishing a strike and a block after less than 12 hours.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents the hostesses, accused the Federal Jobs Minister, Patty Hajdu to shed the demands of Air Canada.
The CUPE, which represents more than 10,000 Air Canada hostesses, announced that its members were heading to the picket lines after not being able to reach an agreement of the eleventh hour with the airline, while Air Canada blocked its agents about 30 minutes later due to the attack action.
The Federal Government is intervening to resolve a labor dispute between Air Canada and the union that represents the flight attendees, the Minister of Jobs, Patty Hajdu, revealed on Saturday. Hajdu told journalists that he is ordering arbitration and binding operations to resume.
