There is chaos in the skies — or more precisely, on the ground — as the labour dispute between Air Canada and its 10,000 flight attendants, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), drags on. Article content

On Saturday, the federal government ordered the striking attendants back to work and declared there would be binding arbitration between the two parties by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB). But the union said no, a decision that could end in jail time for its leaders. Here’s what to know. Article content Article content

Can the union just ignore the CIRB ruling?

So far, it seems they can.

“Air Canada has really refused to bargain with us, and they refused to bargain with us because they knew this government would come in on their white horse an

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