CRA workers continue strike as PSAC reaches tentative deal with Treasury Board – National | 24CA News

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Published 02.05.2023
CRA workers continue strike as PSAC reaches tentative deal with Treasury Board – National | 24CA News

Talks are set to renew between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency, as some 35,000 CRA staff proceed to stroll the picket line.

PSAC tweeted Monday night that the 2 sides had met all through the day and late into the night time, with out an settlement.

Earlier within the day, the CRA mentioned in a press release that the company and the union had resumed in-person negotiations, with “a view to reach a new collective agreement as soon as possible, that is both fair to employees and reasonable for taxpayers.”


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PSAC deal reached, CRA staff nonetheless on strike


The nation’s largest federal public-sector union introduced early Monday morning it had reached offers with the federal government masking greater than 120,000 public servants throughout the nation and bringing them again to work after a 12-day strike.

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The tentative agreements got here after the Treasury Board, which oversees the administration of the federal authorities, tabled what it described as a “final offer” on Friday.

They embrace 11.5 per cent wage will increase over 4 years, with a further 0.5 per cent group-specific allowance within the third yr of the contracts. The union says the compounded wage will increase add as much as 12.6 per cent over 4 years.

Workers may even be receiving a one-time, pensionable $2,500 lump sum cost that represents a further 3.7 per cent of wage for the common union member in Treasury Board bargaining models.

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