Strikers locally include 2,800 Canada Revenue Agency workers
Federal employees likely numbering more than 1,000 lined the sidewalks in the Lasalle-Notre Dame area near the Canada Revenue Agency building in Sudbury on Wednesday morning.
The bargaining groups involve some 155,000 federal public servants, including 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency workers.Among those on the picket lines in Sudbury on April 19 was Kyle Pharand, first vice-president of PSAC Local 00042. “If people are driving by, we appreciate the honks and the waves,” Pharand said. “Certainly we appreciate everyone's support.”
PSAC national president Chris Aylward said during a brief news conference in Ottawa on Tuesday night that despite the strike, union officials are still hopeful and the goal is to get a tentative agreement, the Canadian Press reports. The Treasury Board says it has offered the union a nine per cent raise over three years, on the recommendation of the third-party Public Interest Commission.
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