Canada’s Tax Authority Reaches Deal With Striking Workers

A strike is over for 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency employees, who walked off the job with thousands of other federal workers two weeks ago.

In a statement on Thursday, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) union said it had “secured a fair contract for members that exceeds the employer’s original offer before the launch of strike action” last month.

Negotiators for the CRA members announced the deal Wednesday night, just days after 120,000 other federal workers with the Public Service Employees Union ended their strike action.

The union said the agreement for Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) workers “provides wage increases above those negotiated by other federal bargaining agents”, as well as new protections against layoffs and improvements on work hours, telework provisions and seniority.

More than 35,000 CRA employees walked off the job on April 19, alongside another 120,000 other federal workers, amounting to about a third of Canada’s public sector employees.