Ticker: Union says Air Canada flight attendants won’t return to work; Google to pay $36M fine for anticompetitive deals

Air Canada Chief Executive Mike Rousseau said on Monday that the airline was "amazed" by the decision of its flight attendants' union to defy the Canada Industrial Relations Board, which has declared the union's strike unlawful.

Air Canada has already begun canceling flights after hitting an impasse in contract negotiations with the flight attendants' union as a possible strike looms. Earlier this week, the union issued a notice of intention to strike,

After months of stalled negotiations, 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants walked off the job early Saturday morning. The federal government stepped in hours later to order binding arbitration, forcing an end to the strike — or so they thought.

By Allison Lampert, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Promit Mukherjee MONTREAL (Reuters) -Air Canada's CEO on Monday defended the airline's offer of a 38% boost in compensation to striking flight attendants but acknowledged there was a big gap compared to the union's demand and did not offer a path to return to negotiations.

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