Air Canada flight attendants refuse to back down
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The Canadian Union of Public Employees contends that the government’s decision on Saturday to end the strike by taking it to binding arbitration is itself illegal and violates its members’ constitutional right to strike. It filed an application for an injunction to block the back to work order with the Federal Court of Canada over the weekend.
The World Archery Youth Championships are among the events happening in Winnipeg currently impacted by a strike of Air Canada flight attendants. A local Ukrainian ensemble discusses how flight cancellations have kept them from the festival circuit in Columbia.
The dispute exposes several fault lines in Canada around work, how we value it and how the law impacts workers.