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…
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…
Opposition Leaders Criticize Trudeau for Trip to New York During Federal Workers’ Strike
As the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) strike moves into its eighth day, opposition leaders are criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for leaving the country to attend a summit in New York while negotiations between PSAC and Ottawa remain unresolved. “If this prime minister was serious about respecting these workers, he wouldn’t be jetting off…
ANALYSIS: PSAC Strikes at Ideal Time, but Can Ottawa Afford Union’s Demands?
News Analysis Job action by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has come at an opportune time for the union, but some analysts and private sector advocates insist that neither the Treasury Board nor taxpayers can afford generous public pay hikes. More than 155,000 federal public servants represented by PSAC have been on strike…
‘I Really Want to Get Back to Work’: PSAC Workers Tell Their Stories on 7th Day of Strike
As the second week of the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s (PSAC) strike begins, several employees gathered in downtown Ottawa said they are hopeful the union and the federal government can soon sign a deal so they can return to work. “I really just want to get back to work, to be honest with you,”…
Striking Public Servants Block Access to Ottawa Office Buildings, Disrupt Traffic
On the seventh day of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)’s strike, workers escalated the protest by blocking access to office buildings in downtown Ottawa and disrupting traffic. Hundreds of protestors gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Office building and the Treasury Board headquarters, where they limited entry to one person every five minutes. Another…
Public Service Union to Picket at Locations With More Impact as Strike Enters Day 6
One of Canada’s largest labour disruptions has entered a sixth day as the union representing thousands of striking public-service workers looks to hamper access to ports. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says more than 100,000 of its staff remain on strike, some of whom will move their picket lines today to strategic locations more…
PSAC President Warns of ‘More and More Inconvenience’ on 2nd Day of National Strike
On the second day of the national strike for more than 155,000 workers under the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), National President Chris Aylward warned Canadians will begin to see “more and more inconvenience.” “We’re not taking over the streets. We’re not shutting down airports or borders yet. We’re not inconveniencing the public today,” Aylward…
Both Union, Government Warn of Major Service Disruptions as a Result of Strike
Canada’s largest federal public-service union and Ottawa are bothwarning of likely service disruptions as nearly one-third of all federal workers remain on strike. The job action taken by members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada could amount to a complete halt of the tax season, slowdowns at the border and pauses to new EI,…
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