PSAC picket lines up at more than 250 locations across Canada

Apr 19, 2023
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Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) demonstrate outside the Treasury Board building in Ottawa on Friday, March 31, 2023. Canada's largest federal public service union is expected to announce the next steps in the drawn out contract negotiations with the government, after members voted for a mandate to launch the largest strike against a single employer in Canada's history. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Tens of thousands of federal public servants are now on strike for more money and clarity around remote work arrangements.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada and the federal Treasury Board announced last night that a tentative contract agreement had not been reached by the union’s 9 p.m. deadline.

The union told a news conference in Ottawa that picket lines would be going up at more than 250 locations, including the following in Ottawa:

James Michael Flaherty Building (TB HQ) 90 Elgin
PMO 80 Wellington
MP Greg Fergus’s Office / Place du Portage 200 Promenade du PortageGatineau
MP Steven McKinnon’s Office 160 Boul. de l’hôpital Gatineau
Parliament Hill – West Block 3938 Wellington St
MP Mona Fortier’s Office 233 Montréal Rd
Tunney’s Pasture 100 Tunney’s Pasture Driveway
Canada Post Building 750 Heron
MP Marie-France Lalonde’s Office 255 Centrum Blvd

The strike involves 155,000 members, including 35,000 workers at the Canada Revenue Agency.

With files from the Canadian Press

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