PSAC says tentative agreement reached with Treasury Board for 120,000 members

The Public Service Alliance of Canada has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country.

The national strike is now over for Treasury Board workers, specifically members of the PA, SV, TC and EB bargaining groups, who are required to return to work May 1 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time or their next scheduled shift.

PSAC says strike action continues for 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency workers nationwide, with contract negotiations ongoing.

“To date, we have successfully resolved some issues related to hours of work and information to be provided to PSAC so that the union can communicate and engage with the membership more easily and effectively. This is progress that we have realized so far because of the strike,” the union said in a statement dated May 1.

Despite this progress, PSAC says there continue to be disagreements around “telework,” “fair wages,” and “job security.”

Public servants hit picket lines at locations across the country beginning April 19 in what the union said was one of the biggest job actions in Canadian history.

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Service disruptions loomed large during the job action, from slowdowns at the border to pauses on new employment insurance, immigration, and passport applications.

Initial negotiations on a new collective agreement initially began in June 2021, and the union declared an impasse in May 2022, with both parties filing labour complaints since.

The tentative deal reached with the Treasury Board still needs to be ratified by union members. PSAC says members will get a full explanation of the new agreements in the coming days.