Union president Chris Aylward said the two parties were still “a ways apart” on a deal
More than 150,000 federal public servants across the country will go on strike starting Wednesday, after Ottawa and the union representing these workers failed to reach a deal for a new collective agreement by Tuesday evening’s strike deadline.
Mr. Aylward added that the union and the government were still “a ways apart” on a deal, but reiterated that the union would stay at the bargaining table if the government too was prepared to stay at the table.Given the number of workers involved in the strike spread across various federal departments, its impact will be felt acutely by Canadians.
Various PSAC bargaining units have been at the negotiating table for over 18 months now, and some of them have reached deals with Ottawa – but the most contentious negotiations have been between the government and four bargaining units made up of 120,000 Treasury Board workers. These workers range from operations service employees who maintain federal government buildings, to administrative staff across various departments and agencies.
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