Jobs Minister Orders Air Canada Flight Attendants Back to Work, Mandates Arbitration

The minister said Air Canada indicated it could take five to 10 days for services to return to normal.
Jobs Minister Orders Air Canada Flight Attendants Back to Work, Mandates Arbitration
Air Canada flight attendants picket at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Aug. 16, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sammy Kogan
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Canada’s Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu has ordered more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants back to work after they began striking shortly after midnight Aug. 16, following a breakdown of talks between the airline and the union to renegotiate a contract that expired in March.

The minister also ordered binding arbitration to resolve the dispute.