PSAC strike Day 10: Ottawa tables new offer to union as disruptions persist

Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC).Treasury Board President Mona Fortier’s office said the government presented a new offer to PSAC on Friday as members nationwide continue their now 10-day-long strike.Earlier in the day, the union told Global News that talks were resuming following a stalemate at the table.“We hope to be bargaining throughout the weekend in order to reach a fair deal,” a PSAC spokesperson told Global News in an email.Wages and remote work are among the points of contention in the labour dispute, Fortier said earlier this week.

The union, which was seeking a wage increase of 13.5 per cent over three years, has “moved off” that offer. How much, however, remains unclear.The government has stuck by its offer of a nine per cent wage hike over three years – an offer recommended by an independent arbitrator earlier this year.

It wasn’t immediately clear what Friday’s offered included.“I have deep faith in collective bargaining as a process, and we know that our negotiators are putting forward serious offers and working constructively with labour on this,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday in New York City.“This is an important part of how we make sure that workers are properly supported in this country, and we’re going to continue to allow it to unfold, and I will continue to be engaged with it.”As the strike continues, Canadians are facing federal service disruptions ranging from immigration services to passport applications.More than 100,000 PSAC members have been told to demonstrate this week outside “strategic” government locations.

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Thursday that in the past week, about 70,000 immigration files that should have been processed were instead put on hold.The.