Air Canada said it suspended plans to restart operations Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it would defy a return-to-work order.

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on.

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu and her team are breathing a sigh of relief after Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees reached a tentative agreement early Monday morning

(Reuters) -Canadian Labor Minister Patty Hajdu said on Friday that she met jointly with Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), urging both sides to work harder and remain at the negotiating table to reach a deal and avert a potential strike.

The federal Liberal government is intervening to resolve the labour dispute at Canada's largest airline on the first day of a strike by its flight attendants that has scuttled hundreds of flights and threatened the economy.

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said early Saturday afternoon that she has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to order binding arbitration between Air Canada and its union and has ordered operations to resume,