PSAC workers are on strike. Here’s what happens now
Workers will be required to show up at picket lines for four hours each day if they go on strike, the union says, and will have to scan a barcode at those picketing locations in order to receive daily strike pay of $75.
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More than 155,000 public service workers are on strike, the Public Service Agency of Canada (PSAC) announced Tuesday night, after the union failed to reach an agreement with the federal government.
Canada’s largest public service union had set a deadline of 9 p.m. Eastern Tuesday for the two sides to make a deal. With the deadline come and and gone, the union’s members — including 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency employees — walked off the job as of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Wednesday. ---More...
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