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.

Air Canada suspended plans to resume flights Sunday after striking flight attendants refused a government order to return to work.

The union representing 10,000 flight attendants at Canada’s biggest airline says its members will disobey a government order to return to work , putting plans to restart flights into jeopardy.

The Canadian government has urged Air Canada and its flight attendants' union to restart contract negotiations, with a threatened work stoppage that could disrupt travel for tens of thousands just hours away unless there is a resolution to the dispute.

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