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155,000 Canada Govt Employees go on strike over pay hike: The biggest strike of government employees has started in Canada from today. The situation resulted from a failure of negotiations between the Treasury Board of Canada, which employs government employees, and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).
Discussions between the Treasury Board of Canada, which appoints government employees, and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) ended inconclusive after a 9 p.m. deadline. PSAC then announced that 155,000 federal workers would begin their strike on Wednesday at 12.01.
PSAC National President Chris Aylward has said about this – We really expected that we would be forced to strike. But we’ve also missed another chance to reach a fair contract for Canada’s federal Public Service employees.
For your information, let us tell you that the Treasury Board of the Federal Government issued a statement on Monday afternoon saying that it offered the Union a 9% increase in three years on Sunday on the recommendation of the third party Public Interest Commission. But the union has insisted on an annual increase of 4.5% over the next three years, arguing that it is necessary to keep pace with inflation. It has also put issues such as higher limits on contract work, more anti-racism training and provision for remote work on the table.
Immigration services will be among the services affected by one of the largest strikes in Canadian history. In addition, they will affect applicants such as potential international students seeking study permits, temporary work documents or those seeking permanent residence. Let us tell you that Indian citizens are included in the largest country group for these categories.
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