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Cabin crew defy return to work order – DW – 08/17/2025
Air Canada said on Sunday it had suspended plans to restart operations after a union representing flight attendants said it would continue to strike.
The continued stoppage defies an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) that was requested by the Canadian government and would have had staff return to work by 2 p.m. Ottawa time (1800 UTC/GMT) on Sunday.
The Canadian flag carrier said it instead planned to resume operations on Monday evening.
Air Canada said that the industrial action affected some 700 daily flightsImage: Chris Helgren/REUTERS What did the union say about the Canadian flight attendants’ strike?
In a statement, the union invited Air Canada back to the table, calling for the employer to “negotiate a fair deal.”
“Our members are not going back to work,” Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) chief Mark Hancock said while speaking outside the Pearson International Airport in Toronto.
“We are saying no,” he declared.
Hancock called the negotiation process “unfair” and argued that the return to work order was unconstitutional. He said that he believed the firm refused to negotiate due to expected government support.
Some 700 daily flights were suspended on Saturday due to the strike, with over 100,000 passengers stranded.
The strike was called over a pay dispute between Air Canada and cabin crew represented by the CUPE unionImage: Chris Helgren/REUTERS The CUPE union had demanded flight attendants be paid for time spent on the ground between flights and when helping passengers on board.
Currently, the workers are paid only when they are flying.
Union defies government-ordered arbitration
The union also criticized CIRB chair Maryse Tremblay for not recusing herself from the case, saying that the fact that she had previously worked as Air Canada’s counsel represented a conflict of interest.
The return to work order came after the Canadian government asked the CIRB to impose binding arbitration.
Air Canada said that the CIRB had ordered the terms of a collective agreement between the union and the airline that expired on March 31 to be extended until a new deal is reached.
Edited by: Rana Taha
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Equinox and Calibre Combine to Create Canadian Giant
As of the end of July 2025, Equinox Gold Corporation (EQX) has a market capitalization of approximately $6.4 billion, making it one of the more prominent mid-cap gold mining companies. This is the third mid-cap gold miner I have analyzed this month, following Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) and Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI).
Headquartered in Canada, Equinox Gold operates a diverse portfolio of assets primarily in North and South America, with a growing presence in Latin America. Equinox Gold shares similarities with Eldorado Gold and Alamos Gold, focusing on mining-friendly jurisdictions and committing to growth through disciplined capital deployment. In terms of production over the past 12 months, Equinox produced 655,458 gold ounces, which is slightly higher than the other two miners indicated above.
Building Scale in Gold: Equinox and Calibre Combine to Create Canadian Giant Equinox Gold is known for its aggressive expansion strategy, having made several significant acquisitions in recent years, including the integration of the Aurizona and Castle Mountain mines. The company has made a significant advancement by acquiring Calibre Mining on June 17, 2025. This acquisition adds two high-quality Canadian mines to Equinox’s portfolio: the Greenstone Mine in Ontario, which has recently commenced commercial production with 44,449 gold ounces in 1Q25, and the Valentine Gold Mine in Newfoundland, which is set to pour its first gold later this year.
Together, these mines have the potential to produce nearly 600,000 ounces of gold annually. This new addition could bring Equinox’s total production close to one million ounces by 2025, with the potential to exceed 1.2 million ounces as operations expand. This move is a major step toward establishing Equinox Gold as a leading gold producer in the Americas. However, while this growth-oriented approach offers exciting potential for investors, it also introduces a level of operational complexity and risks that should be carefully assessed before making a long-term investment in EQX. The production of 1Q25 originated from eight different mines.
Building Scale in Gold: Equinox and Calibre Combine to Create Canadian Giant Despite being the highest first quarter in the company’s history, with 145,290 gold ounces, gold production in 1Q25 has been noticeably lower than the two preceding quarters, as illustrated in the graph below:
Building Scale in Gold: Equinox and Calibre Combine to Create Canadian Giant Equinox Gold is facing issues as it ramps up operations at the Greenstone Mine (equipment issues, lower-than-expected grades, and recovery problems have already led to a cut in 2025 production forecasts). Integrating Calibre’s mines, particularly the new Valentine project, presents a challenge for the team, as they must manage complex logistics across Canada, the United States, Brazil, and Nicaragua. Balancing these technical issues while ensuring cost control, environmental compliance, and maintaining a stable workforce will be challenging. However, successfully navigating this situation is crucial for Equinox’s future.
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Air Canada suspends restart plans after flight attendants defy return-to-work order
TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada said it suspended plans to restart operations on Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a return-to-work order. The strike was already affecting about 130,000 travelers around the world per day during the peak summer travel season.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered airline staff back to work by 2 p.m. Sunday after the government intervened and Air Canada said it planned to resume flights Sunday evening.
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Canada’s largest airline now says it will resume flights Monday evening. Air Canada said in a statement that the union “illegally directed its flight attendant members to defy a direction from the Canadian Industrial Relations Board.”
“Our members are not going back to work,” Canadian Union of Public Employees national president Mark Hancock said outside Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. “We are saying no.”
The federal government didn’t immediately provide comment on the union refusing to return to work.
Hancock said the “whole process has been unfair” and said the union will challenge what it called an unconstitutional order.
“Air Canada has really refused to bargain with us and they refused to bargain with us because they knew this government would come in on their white horse and try and save the day,” he said.
The country’s largest airline had said early Sunday in a release that the first flights would resume later in the day but that it will take several days before its operations return to normal. It said some flights will be canceled over the next seven to 10 days until the schedule is stabilized.
Less than 12 hours after workers walked off the job, Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu ordered the 10,000 flight attendants back to work, saying now is not the time to take risks with the economy and noting the unprecedented tariffs the U.S. has imposed on Canada. Hajdu referred the work stoppage to the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
The airline said the CIRB has extended the term of the existing collective agreement until a new one is determined by the arbitrator.
The shutdown of Canada’s largest airline early Saturday was impacting about 130,000 people a day. Air Canada operates around 700 flights per day.
Flight attendants walked off the job around 1 a.m. EDT on Saturday. Around the same time, Air Canada said it would begin locking flight attendants out of airports.
The bitter contract fight escalated Friday as the union turned down Air Canada’s prior request to enter into government-directed arbitration, which allows a third-party mediator to decide the terms of a new contract.
Last year, the government forced the country’s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union during a work stoppage. The union for the rail workers is suing, arguing the government is removing a union’s leverage in negotiations.
The Business Council of Canada had urged the government to impose binding arbitration in this case, too. And the Canadian Chamber of Commerce welcomed the intervention.
Hajdu maintained that her Liberal government is not anti-union, saying it is clear the two sides are at an impasse.
Passengers whose flights are impacted will be eligible to request a full refund on the airline’s website or mobile app, according to Air Canada.
The airline said it would also offer alternative travel options through other Canadian and foreign airlines when possible. Still, it warned that it could not guarantee immediate rebooking because flights on other airlines are already full “due to the summer travel peak.”
Air Canada and CUPE have been in contract talks for about eight months, but they have yet to reach a tentative deal. Both sides have said they remain far apart on the issue of pay and the unpaid work flight attendants do when planes aren’t in the air.
The airline’s latest offer included a 38% increase in total compensation, including benefits and pensions, over four years, that it said “would have made our flight attendants the best compensated in Canada.”
But the union pushed back, saying the proposed 8% raise in the first year didn’t go far enough because of inflation.
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Air Canada suspends restart plans after flight attendants union defies return to work order
TORONTO, Canada (AP) — Air Canada said it suspended plans to restart operations on Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a return to work order.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered airline staff back to work by 2 p.m. Sunday after the government intervened and Air Canada said it planned to resume flights Sunday evening.
Canada’s largest airline now says it will resume flights Monday evening.
“Our members are not going back to work,” Canadian Union of Public Employees national president Mark Hancock said earlier Sunday outside Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. “We are saying no.”
Hancock said the “whole process has been unfair” and said the union will challenge what it called an unconstitutional order.
“Air Canada has really refused to bargain with us and they refused to bargain with us because they knew this government would come in on their white horse and try and save the day,” he said.
The federal government didn’t immediately provide comment on the union refusing to return to work.
The country’s largest airline had said early Sunday in a release that the first flights would resume later in the day but that it will take several days before its operations return to normal. It said some flights will be canceled over the next seven to 10 days until the schedule is stabilized.
Less than 12 hours after workers walked off the job, Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu ordered the 10,000 flight attendants back to work, saying now is not the time to take risks with the economy and noting the unprecedented tariffs the U.S. has imposed on Canada. Hajdu referred the work stoppage to the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
The airline said the Canada Industrial Relations Board has extended the term of the existing collective agreement until a new one is determined by the arbitrator.
The shutdown of Canada’s largest airline early Saturday was impacting about 130,000 people a day. Air Canada operates around 700 flights per day.
According to numbers from aviation analytics provider Cirium, Air Canada canceled a total of 494 flights on Sunday morning. That’s in addition to the hundreds of flights it canceled in the previous days.
The bitter contract fight escalated Friday as the union turned down Air Canada’s prior request to enter into government-directed arbitration, which allows a third-party mediator to decide the terms of a new contract.
Flight attendants walked off the job around 1 a.m. EDT on Saturday. Around the same time, Air Canada said it would begin locking flight attendants out of airports.
Last year, the government forced the country’s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union during a work stoppage. The union for the rail workers is suing, arguing the government is removing a union’s leverage in negotiations.
The Business Council of Canada had urged the government to impose binding arbitration in this case, too. And the Canadian Chamber of Commerce welcomed the intervention.
Hajdu maintained that her Liberal government is not anti-union, saying it is clear the two sides are at an impasse.
Passengers whose flights are impacted will be eligible to request a full refund on the airline’s website or mobile app, according to Air Canada.
The airline said it would also offer alternative travel options through other Canadian and foreign airlines when possible. Still, it warned that it could not guarantee immediate rebooking because flights on other airlines are already full “due to the summer travel peak.”
Air Canada and CUPE have been in contract talks for about eight months, but they have yet to reach a tentative deal. Both sides have said they remain far apart on the issue of pay and the unpaid work flight attendants do when planes aren’t in the air.
The airline’s latest offer included a 38% increase in total compensation, including benefits and pensions, over four years, that it said “would have made our flight attendants the best compensated in Canada.”
But the union pushed back, saying the proposed 8% raise in the first year didn’t go far enough because of inflation.
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More employees are ‘working from anywhere’. Can hotels keep up?
Mahogany desks in hotel rooms used to be an afterthought and the chair more often used for worn clothes than for business.
Nowadays, the same desks are just as likely to have a full office set-up with a keyboard, mouse and screens, as a growing number of employers allow their staff to “work from anywhere”.
Hotels have reported a trend emerging of guests asking for second screens, printers and even technological support. Properties are also investing in co-working spaces and even ditching restaurants in favour of coffee shops with tables and office chairs.
The Four Seasons group conducted internal research, speaking to property managers, and found that the number of work-related requests had soared in the past couple of years.
Martin Dell, the general manager at the Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita, said: “We’ve seen a big shift in the way people travel. By enhancing their in-room setup, guests are getting the best of both worlds. We’ve had requests for second screens, printers, coffee break service and tech support.
“Being a few hours ahead of the UK means people can get a head start on the day and leave plenty of time for a swim in the pool before sunset cocktails.”
Research by Totaljobs, the recruitment platform, found that the number of people working from anywhere had increased by 56 per cent over the past two years — from 8.5 per cent in 2023 to 13.25 per cent this year. It means more than seven million people are expected to work from abroad this year.
It found that the most common length of time people spent working from abroad was one or two weeks, although some companies have far more lenient policies.
Nathaniel Okenwa is a developer evangelist manager at Twilio, a cloud communications platform, which has an “open work policy”, allowing staff to work remotely for up to 90 days a year, although each trip must not exceed 28 days.
Okenwa, 31, has used the freedom to log on from the United States, Brazil, Poland, Egypt, Spain, Portugal, Singapore and Italy. He said “having the flexibility of working from different locations is really important to me, especially because I am doing the same work and producing the same output”.
Nathaniel Okenwa
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He is one of many remote workers with a proper set-up that he can take around the world. “I’ve invested in having an optimised work set-up,” he said. “I have my own mechanical keyboard and mouse as well as an extra, portable screen that I carry around. When I’m away I’ll also have my tablet open. When I am set up, even in a hotel room, I look like I’m in the home office.”
Okenwa said it varied from department to department whether employees were required to stay within a certain time difference from the UK or have flexibility.
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Connective3, a marketing agency, allows its staff to work from anywhere for up to six months a year, although they must keep to UK hours. They can be away for up to two months at a time with only a two-week gap between trips.
The policy allowed Jess Farnham to work from Bali for a month, where she can spend most of the day exploring before logging on at 4pm and working until midnight.
“Every day felt like a weekend, which was just amazing,” she said. “I stayed in four different places during the month I was there and spent time visiting temples, snorkelling and chilling on the beach. I also visited a monkey forest, went on a bike tour and tried jewellery making.”
At the moment Farnham is very much in need of an alarm clock, setting it for 3am each day. Farnham, 24, is working from New York where her crack-of-dawn starts are rewarded with afternoons to relax and see the city.
She said: “It’s tough getting up when it’s still dark, but then I’m done with work about 11.30am or 12pm and then I’ve got the whole afternoon. The other day I visited Brooklyn and had dinner. I’ve also been to matinee Broadway shows and to workout classes. You really get the feel of living somewhere when you spend more time there than you would on a holiday.”
The Four Seasons in Mauritius
Four Seasons said properties in Marrakesh, Dubai, London and Saudi Arabia had all reported guests requesting in-room office set-ups. Shadi Suleman, the general manager at the Four Seasons in Riyadh, said: “Our guests are increasingly combining work with leisure, often extending their stays to do so. The request for in-room PC screens highlights their need for better workspace solutions while travelling.”
Specialist companies that cater exclusively for remote workers have also emerged. Unsettled is a “global community offering immersive adventures, retreats for remote workers and more for professionals seeking growth, meaning and adventure”. It is running trips to Bali, Tahiti and Bilbao, Spain.
A growing number of tour operators are also designing trips that take in hotels with co-working spaces and itineraries that can be flexible around work calls and meetings.
For those who have the flexibility, there is no desire to go back to regular office-based work. Okenwa said: “I know there are some big, famous companies with very strict return to office policies. They would have to pay me through the roof to sign up for that because having the flexibility of working from different locations is really important to me, especially as I am doing the same work and producing the same output.”
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Here’s The Share of Gold or Crypto Ray Dalio Says Investors Should Hold
Here’s The Share of Gold or Crypto Ray Dalio Says Investors Should Hold In light of the United States’ precarious fiscal situation, Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, has advised investors to consider dedicating approximately 15% of their portfolio to either gold or Bitcoin.
What Happened: In a recent interview, Dalio expressed his apprehension about a looming US debt crisis. He pointed out that the US dollar is being undermined due to excessive borrowing and deficit spending, leading to currency debasement.
“If you were neutral on everything and optimizing your portfolio for the best return-to-risk ratio, you would have about 15% of your money in gold or Bitcoin,” Dalio stated.
Dalio also emphasized the need for effective diversification in a portfolio, recommending allocating about 15% as a protective hedge.
During the discussion, he clarified that although he has a preference for gold over Bitcoin, the real economic issue is the devaluation of fiat money, which is currently affecting markets and investors.
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While some financial experts advocate for a higher allocation towards crypto, Dalio’s balanced approach aligns with his brand.
Dalio’s recommendation comes at a time when the US is grappling with a burgeoning debt crisis. The rapid borrowing and deficit spending by the government are causing a devaluation of the US dollar, which is impacting markets and investors.
By suggesting a 15% portfolio allocation to gold or bitcoin, Dalio is offering a potential solution for investors to safeguard their investments against the devaluation of fiat money.
While some experts suggest a higher allocation to crypto, Dalio’s measured approach provides a balanced perspective.
It offers investors a solid foundation to profit in unexpected circumstances, thereby mitigating the risks associated with the current economic situation.
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