Public-service strike: Union stepping up picketing efforts starting Monday
Canada’s biggest federal public service union is preparing to ramp up its ongoing strike by moving picket lines to strategic locations such as ports on Monday.
Aylward said Ottawa presented a revised contract proposal on Saturday following a public tit-for-tat over a breakdown in communications, adding the union responded that same day. More than 100,000 union members walked off the job Wednesday after contract talks broke down following months of negotiations.
Labour economists have said PSAC’s sheer size means the negotiations could influence future collective bargaining talks for public workers employed by provinces, as well as the private sector. They particularly hone in on adjusting wages for a period of historic inflation, and enshrining a right to work remotely, even if curtailed to certain weekdays.
Ottawa claimed the union agreed to a meeting Saturday but cancelled nine minutes later, holding a press conference instead. Aylward said the government sat silent for 30 hours and only offered the meeting once it got wind of a press conference.“For the employer to say we weren’t available, I will unequivocally say that that is not true,” Aylward said Sunday.
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