Air Canada flight attendants said on Sunday they will remain on strike and challenge a return-to-work order they called unconstitutional, defying a government decision to force them back to their duties by 2 p.m. ET (1800 GMT).
Air Canada had said it planned to resume flights on Sunday evening, a day after the Canadian government issued a directive to end a cabin crew strike that caused the suspension of around 700 daily flights, stranding more than 100,000 passengers.
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.”
Some unions have become too big and are corrupt. Unions are big business after all. Some unions do their best to help their workers. I want laws to provide for everyone though, especially the non-union workers. Information and an unbalance that finally tips the scales will get the voters to act eventually (or if the compost totally hits the cuisinart then…revolution). Lobbying seems corrupt and tends to serve only the squeaky wheels (or lucrative deals), but then again so does taking protection money from a working stiff.