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As striking public servants marched around Ottawa’s downtown core last spring, they had one key demand that wasn’t about better pay.
PSAC’s media releases quoted professors who claimed the negotiated deal “over remote work may very well be one of the most significant advances in workers’ rights in recent memory” and how this was a “watershed moment” for workers’ rights in Canada. PSAC president Chris Ayward declined a telephone interview to discuss remote work and contract negotiations but in an email statement said the government has not yet implemented the letter of agreement on remote work to PSAC’s satisfaction. He said PSAC continues to review its options, but would not provide details on what that meant.
PSAC’s initial goal was to get the improved telework language directly into the collective agreement, but those efforts were unsuccessful. Meanwhile, the letter of agreement does not enforce the review of the government’s direction on prescribed presence in the workplace, Couperus added, which was introduced late last year and sets the guidelines on how often workers have to be in the office.Neither the union nor the government would comment on how there appears to have been miscommunication about the interpretation of the letters of agreement.
Crystal Warner can understand why the other unions feel blindsided. The former national executive vice-president of the Canada Employment and Immigration Union said she suspected this outcome given the language in the letter of agreement.
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