‘After many long days, nights and weekends of hard work, we’ve reached fair and competitive deals for employees’: feds, PSAC reach tentative deal after 12-day strike

Regional executive vice-president for the PSAC national capital region Alex Silas says 'I think we squeezed every drop of juice out of that lemon,' calling the resilience of union members throughout the strike 'exceptional.'

Public Service Alliance of Canada national president Chris Aylward, left, and Treasury Board President Mona Fortier. Fortier called the tentative agreement reached between the government and the union 'excellent news for employees and for Canadians.' The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE, TAYLOR O’BRIEN

May 1, 2023

After a 12-day strike that saw picket lines form across the country as part of a major and historic labour disruption, the government reached a tentative agreement early Monday morning with the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Canada's largest federal public service union....

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