Several flights at Toronto's Pearson International Airport have been delayed after Air Canada ground crews walked off the job late Thursday night.
A reporter with Toronto's CP24 said about 150 crew members at the airport's Terminal 1 had launched a wildcat strike.
Passenger Elana Camille, who had flown to Toronto from Calgary, said she waited on the tarmac for about an hour before she could start to disembark.
She said none of the passengers were told what was happening.
"I only found out about it on Twitter," she told CTVNews.ca by phone.
A union representative asked the striking crew members to go back to work, but the request was ignored.
The federal government has passed back-to-work legislation that prevents Air Canada employees from striking. The bill covers about 8,600 mechanics, baggage handlers and other ground crew at Air Canada and about 3,000 pilots.
Last week, pilots threatened to call in sick as a response to the legislation, and Air Canada later confirmed "higher-than-usual" pilot book-offs over the weekend.
