Civil Circles

Feds set aside $545-million to finance new contracts reached with big unions

The Liberals are looking to hammer out deals with remaining smaller bargaining units. Thousands of civil servants remain without contracts nearly three years after most expired in 2014.
Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Robyn Benson, pictured addressing a rally last spring calling for improvements to the embattled Phoenix pay system, has seen four of her union's five bargaining units reach new deals with the government that include pay raises and no changes to the existing sick leave regime.
After more than a year in office, the Liberal government has reached tentative agreements with several large bargaining units representing thousands of civil servants, though those without deals are signalling they won’t settle until they get exactly what they want. Alain Belle-Isle, a spokesper...

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