After the union that represents 10,000 flight attendants declared it would not comply with a return to work directive, Air Canada announced it had halted plans to resume operations on Sunday.
Approximately 130,000 tourists worldwide were already being impacted by the strike every day during the busiest summer travel season.
Following government intervention, the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered airline employees to return to work by 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Air Canada announced that it would restart flights on Sunday evening.
The biggest airline in Canada has now announced that it would start operating again on Monday night. The union unlawfully ordered its flight attendant members to disregard a directive from the Canadian Industrial Relations Board, according to a statement released by Air Canada.
Mark Hancock, national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said outside Pearson International Airport in Toronto that his members would not be returning to their jobs. We’re refusing.
The union’s refusal to resume work was not immediately addressed by the federal government.
According to data, China’s economy appeared to be faltering in July as factory output and retail sales decreased and home values continued to decline.
President Donald Trump last week prolonged a 90-day respite in steep increases in import charges, which started in May, but uncertainty surrounding tariffs on exports to the United States remains a threat to the world’s second-largest economy.
China announced earlier that its exports increased 7.2% year-over-year in July, but its imports expanded at the quickest rate in a year as companies sought to capitalize on the truce in Trump’s trade war with Beijing, as officials worked toward a more comprehensive trade accord.
