Flight attendants for Air Canada will continue to strike despite a back-to-work order issued by the Canadian Government, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said in an interview with Radio-Canada Sunday.

The announcement came just a day after the Canadian government ordered the union and airline back into arbitration.

The Canadian Industrial Relations Board acted on a directive from the country's Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu, ordering Air Canada "to resume airline operations and for all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flight attendants to resume their duties" by 2 p.m. ET on Sunday, Newsweek previously reported.

Air Canada said previously that they would resume operations Sunday following the cabin crew strike that grounded hundreds of flights, causing cancellations affecti

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