Air Canada and the union representing 10,000 striking flight attendants were holding early discussions on Monday night, the union said in a statement, the first such talks in nearly a week. In a rare act of defiance,

Air Canada flight attendants ’ strike entered its fourth day on Tuesday, causing widespread disruption for hundreds of thousands of summer travellers, despite the union confirming that talks with the airline have resumed.

By Allison Lampert, Promit Mukherjee and Rajesh Kumar Singh MONTREAL (Reuters) -Leaders of the union on strike against Air Canada said on Monday they would risk jail time rather than have cabin crews forced back to work by a federal labor board,