Federal workers hit the picket lines across the country after Canada’s largest federal public-service union and Ottawa fail to reach a deal by Tuesday evening
Canadians can expect to encounter severe disruptions to passport processing – among other essential services — as a result of a national federal public workers’ strike that began early Wednesday.
Passport processing offices across the country were already experiencing substantial backlogs when pandemic-related restrictions were lifted a year ago, and travel volume began picking up. The government has since hired over 1,000 new personnel to clear those backlogs.The strike also takes place ahead of a crucial tax deadline of May 1.
Roughly 47,000 workers, all members of PSAC, have been deemed essential and continue to work regular hours. Yet, the government warned that service disruptions will still take place across various departments and agencies. Roughly 18 per cent of staff at the Canadian Border Services Agency are PSAC members on strike, but the government does not anticipate any disruption to trade and border services. The union, however, has said that federal port workers will be on strike, potentially causing supply chain disruptions.
Federal workers on the picket line will be on strike pay, meaning that they won’t receive their regular salaries but will be paid $75 a day by the union, for a maximum of $375 per calendar week. A majority of the workers on strike receive salaries of between $50,000 and $75,000 annually. The average salary for a CRA workers is approximately $68,000 annually.
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