Air Canada flight attendants end strike
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Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu joins Power & Politics, defending her decision to invoke Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to order Air Canada flight attendants back to work. She says 'it was clear' the airline and the union 'needed another tool' to continue negotiations after the union went on strike.
Labour experts and unions have been critical of the government’s embrace of Section 107 of the Labour Code to enforce ‘industrial peace’ in federally regulated sectors
The Canadian government on Saturday moved to end a strike by Air Canada's cabin crews and require binding arbitration to break their contract impasse, an action that the country's largest carrier had sought but unionized flight attendants fiercely opposed.