OTTAWA - Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on.

One of the key complaints from the union representing Air Canada flight attendants is that workers are not paid for duties performed when planes are not in the air.

Hajdu said in an interview with The Canadian Press that she finds those claims "deeply disturbing." She said she has asked the federal labour department if there have been any complaints from the sector about unpaid work, but to her knowledge, there have been none.

The investigation itself will not put an end to labour unrest at Air Canada — it will take "a number of weeks" for Hajdu's department to interview employers and unions to get the fu

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