Category: PSAC

Ottawa Gives Updated Deal to Federal Union That Signed Agreement Before PSAC Strike

The federal government has given an updated deal to a public-service union that signed its collective agreement in the fall in order to match deals reached with the Public Service Alliance of Canada during a strike this spring. A spokeswoman for the Treasury Board confirmed today that the agreement for a comptrollership group was adjusted…


Treasury Board Says ‘Not Possible’ to Know How Many Federal Employees With PSAC Membership Work From Home

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) says it does not know how many federal employees holding membership with one of the country’s largest unions work from home. “With regard to the government’s remote work policy, the information is not systematically tracked in a centralized database,” wrote the Board in a submission to the Senate…


$5.2 Billion PSAC Settlement Cost Not Including Bonuses: Fortier

While the Liberal government has agreed to add about $5.2 billion to the pockets of its striking employees over the next four years, the president of the federal Treasury Board says this cost does not include the cost of a $2,500 bonus for each worker, which if added, will raise the settlement cost by another…


$5.2 Billion PSAC Settlement Doesn’t Include Bonuses: Fortier

While the Liberal government has agreed to add about $5.2 billion to the pockets of its employees over the next four years, the president of the Treasury Board says this does not include the cost of a $2,500 bonus for each worker, which if added, will raise the settlement by another $300 million. Testifying before…


Canada Revenue Agency, Union Reach Tentative Deal, Ending Strike of 35,000 Workers

The public-sector union representing Canada Revenue Agency employees has struck a tentative deal with the federal government, ending a strike of 35,000 workers just after the tax season wrapped up. The announcement of a prospective agreement comes after the government and Public Service Alliance of Canada came to separate deals that ended a strike of…


35,000 Canada Revenue Agency Employees Remain on Strike

A day after 120,000 Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) workers reached a tentative deal with the federal government, around 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) workers remain on strike. While most federal employees returned to work on May 1 following 10 days of strike action, the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE)—an arm of PSAC that represents CRA…


Treasury Board President Announces $1.3 Billion-Per-Year Tentative Deal With PSAC

Treasury Board President Mona Fortier said May 1 that the tentative deal Ottawa has reached with the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) for 120,000 of PSAC’s members will cost taxpayers $1.3 billion per year. “This wasn’t easy. We negotiated, we compromised, and we found creative solutions,” Fortier said at a press conference on Parliament…


John Robson: The Contrast in How Striking Federal Workers Were Treated Compared to the Truckers’ Convoy

Commentary It’s just as well that striking federal public servants didn’t use trucks to block roads, interfere with critical infrastructure, and cause Canadians major and lasting inconvenience if not harm. Someone might have said something. For instance, “seize their bank accounts.” Just kidding. Not about blocking roads, etc. Those things really happened. But the only…


PSAC, Feds Reach Tentative Agreement to End Strike for Some Public Servants

Around 120,000 of the federal employees represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) are returning to work today as the union says it has reached a tentative bargaining agreement with the Liberal government for some its members on strike. The tentative agreement applies to federally employed PSAC members in the Education and Library…


Federal Government Touts ‘Final’ Offer to Striking Public Service Union as Fair

The federal government says the contract proposal extended on Friday to the union representing more than 100,000 striking public servants is its final offer. The Treasury Board issued a statement Saturday that said the offer to striking Public Service Alliance of Canada workers includes a better wage package and solutions to deal with priorities such…