Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge have announced that flight operations are further delayed as cabin crew members, who are part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), have not yet returned to work.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), following an order from Federal Employment Minister Patty Hajdu, has referred the labor-management negotiations to binding interest arbitration. Despite orders based on the labor law and directives from CIRB, cabin crew members were required to return to duty by 3 PM on August 17 (local time), but CUPE has not directed them to do so.
Air Canada claims that CUPE has unlawfully instructed the cabin crew to defy the CIRB’s workplace return orders. Flight operations are expected to resume by the afternoon of August 19 (local).
Special measures have already been implemented for tickets on flights scheduled until August 22.
