UPDATED: Border workers issue strike notice to government, job action to start Friday: union
Last Updated Wednesday, August 4, 2021 8:08PM EDTService Agency workers are preparing to begin job action across the country on Friday and say travellers should expect long lineups and lengthy delays atThe Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Customs and Immigration Union, which represent the workers, said that it served a strike notice to the government on Tuesday and is now readying its workers to up the ante.
The Treasury Board of Canada said the federal government made a formal request Tuesday for the federal labour relations body to appoint a mediator. It said it has confirmed one will be appointed.
The dispute comes as Canada is preparing to allow fully vaccinated Americans to visit without having to quarantine starting Aug. 9 and will open the country'sPSAC-CIU represents 5,500services officers, 2,000 headquarters staff and other workers at Canada Post facilities and in inland enforcement jobs employed by the CBSA and Treasury Board Secretariat.
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