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A major airline has issued an update amid disruption to travellers caused by a pay dispute. Air Canada had to scrap plans to restart operations on Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants vowed to ignore a return-to-work directive.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board had ordered airline staff back to work by 2pm on Sunday following government intervention, with Air Canada initially planning to resume flights Sunday evening. Canada's biggest airline now says it will restart flights Monday evening, reports Bristol Live .
Air Canada stated that the union "illegally directed its flight attendant members to defy a direction from the Canadian Industrial Relations Board". "Our members are not going back to work," Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE