Air Canada cancels plans to resume operations as flight attendants defy back-to-work order

August 17, 2025

“We will be challenging this blatantly unconstitutional order that violates the Charter rights of 10,000 flight attendants, 70 per cent of whom are women, and 100 per cent of whom are forced to do hours of unpaid work by their employer every time they come to work,” said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)in a statement…