"Our members want a solution here, but that solution has to be found at a bargaining table."

Union leadership said it will continue to support flight attendants on picket lines across the country after the Canada Industrial Relations Board declared the ongoing strike by about 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants unlawful and ordered union leadership to direct members to return to work.

During a press conference held Monday from Mississauga, Ont., CUPE national president Mark Hancock said the union would not back down.

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“We will not turn our back on these workers,” he said. “We will do whatever it takes to get them a collective agreement (so) that they can vote on it.”

Hancock said the union will continue to support flight attendants on picket lines across the countr

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