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The 2023 Canadian federal worker strike was a strike by Canadian federal workers who are members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). The strike took place between April 19 and May 3, 2023, although the Treasury Board bargaining units ended their strike on May 1.
Whilst some trade unions make payments to members who are on an official strike there is no requirement to do so. The UK Government makes the presumption that workers on official strike action are being paid strike pay, and so they may not be entitled to state benefits. [citation needed] Strike pay is not taxable income in the United Kingdom ...
Exclusive: Workers at anti-poverty charity, Oxfam, are balloting for strike action as they use food banks and struggle to pay rent
Although the end of the strike was widely observed, a few hundred federal public sector workers would continue to form small picket lines protesting against the back to work legislation through the first week of October. [11] The PSAC strike fund was largely depleted by the strike, which saw the union pay $16 million over its course. In the ...
Another group, including lower-paid deli workers and shelf stockers, will get a $5.25 boost over three years, raising their wages to $22.27. Workers will progress to top wage tiers at a faster ...
The looming strike is the latest twist in a labor dispute at Canada's top two railroads, which locked out more than 9,000 unionized workers on Thursday, triggering a simultaneous rail stoppage ...
Nunavut Day – July 9, originated as a paid holiday for Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and regional Inuit associations. It became a half-day holiday for government employees in 1999 and a full day in 2001. Most employers give the day off with the notable exceptions being the federal government and the North West Company. Not a statutory holiday.
1906 - IWW Lumber Handlers Union No. 526, composed largely of Tsleil-Watuth First Nations people of Burrard, struck in opposition to demands of longer hours and lower pay. First IWW strike in western Canada. Strike unsuccessful; only success was getting jobs back and having scabs fired. [12]