Questão 3167604

Read the following news report to answer questions 26 to 30.

Air Canada flights will resume on Sunday after the government ordered cabin crew to end a strike that caused hundreds of cancellations.

The Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) instructed staff to return to work and extended the collective agreement that had expired on 31 March until a new one is negotiated. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code, imposing binding arbitration after more than 10,000 flight attendants walked out, leading to about 700 cancellations.

The union accused the government of “caving to corporate pressure” and reiterated demands for higher salaries and payment for ground duties. Air Canada said it had suspended all flights, including those operated by its budget arm Rouge, and warned that full normalization could take several days[...]

Hajdu stated that “stability and supply chains” had to be preserved, while the parties had been “unable to resolve their differences in a timely manner.”[...] The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) criticized the intervention as a violation of charter rights, claiming it would cause “incalculable damage” to workers’ interests.

BBC News. Air Canada flights to resume after union told to end strike. Published on August 17, 2025. Available at: BBC News. Accessed on August 17, 2025.

In the sentence “The Canadian Industrial Relations Board instructed staff to return to work,” the term staff refers to: