Tentative agreements for over 155,000 Treasury Board and CRA workers include paid leave for Indigenous workers for traditional activities.
“So many people have lost their cultures through government policies,” Newlove said. “When you compare decades and centuries of oppression to two days a year, it’s hard to even make the comparison.”
PSAC said the new article was first put forward by members before the latest round of bargaining, adding that the union had achieved similar provisions for smaller bargaining units throughout the north.Article content “I’m afraid that this might become lip service,” said Wells, who is from Kainaiwa Nation in Alberta and is a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the federal government claiming systemic discrimination.
Wells is also concerned that people will abuse the leave, given that it’s outlined as being offered to any employee who self-declares as an Indigenous person.Article content The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat said in a statement earlier this month that the new provision represented “another important step in our reconciliation journey and supports our ongoing efforts to create healthy workplaces.”
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