1 year ago
Swift News
The union representing thousands of striking Air Canada flight attendants says it will risk jail time and fees but will not order its members back to work, despite the federal labour relations board calling the strike illegal.
"We will not be returning to the skies this afternoon," Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) national president Mark Hancock said at a news conference on Monday.
"If it means folks like me going to jail, then so be it. If it means our union being fined, then so be it."
In a decision released Monday morning, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) said the union's defiance of a back-to-work order is "unlawful."