PSAC leadership decries slow leadership, pickets apparently return
“Workers who are scheduled to work this weekend apparently are picketing,” national president Chris Aylward at an brief update on a sidewalk at a downtown hotel.“PSAC gave a good package Thursday night the feds said they will get a response on one of their demands. But the union hasn’t heard yet.”“We’re here and we will stay here until our members get the fair deal they deserve.”
Ayklward was joined at the 15-minute briefing by PSAC National Executive Vice-President Sharon DeSousa, and PSAC Regional Executive Vice-President for the National Capital Region Alex Silas.Article contentfor more than 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency workers and more 120,000 employees in departments and agencies under the purview of the Treasury Board after the parties failed to come to an agreement by the union’s deadline of 9 p.m. Tuesday night.
The union and the federal government have been negotiation for more than two weeks about key issues including wages and telework. Going into bargaining, PSAC called for 4.5-per-cent annual wage increases for Treasury Board members.a “fair, competitive offer” to PSAC of a nine per cent increase over three years and that they had “responded to all their demands,” including proposals related to telework, shift premiums, improved leave with pay for family-related responsibilities and measures to support employment equity and diversity and inclusion, though they didn’t provide details on what proposals had been made.
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