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Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) told Radio-Canada on Sunday.
CUPE said in a statement that members would remain on strike and invited Air Canada back to the table to "negotiate a fair deal."
"We will be challenging this blatantly unconstitutional order that violates the Charter rights of 10,000 flight attendants, 70 per cent of whom are women, and 100 per cent of whom are forced to do hours of unpaid work by their employer every time they come to work," it said in a statement.
Air Canada and a Canadian government spokesperson were not immediately available for comment.
Earlier this morning, the Montreal-based airline announced it planned to resume flights starting 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
