Canada Faces Massive Strike as Public Service Union Walks Out

About 155,000 federal workers in Canada went on strike after wage talks with Trudeau's government failed, impacting immigration to taxes. Bloomberg's Randy Thanthong-Knight reports.
More than 155,000 federal workers in Canada went on strike after wage talks with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government failed.
The labor disruption is expected to impede government functions including the release of economic data from Statistics Canada, passports and immigration applications. More than 35,000 of the workers are employed by the Canada Revenue Agency, the country’s tax-collection body. However, the government has said it doesn’t plan to extend the May 1 deadline for filing personal income taxes.
Workers walked off the job at 12:01 a.m. Ottawa time on Wednesday. “We truly hoped we wouldn’t be forced to take strike action, but we’ve exhausted every other avenue to reach a fair contract,” Public Service Alliance of Canada President Chris Aylward told reporters Tuesday night.
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[@johnemorrison-kj3ox]

Increase of workforce by more than 1/3 and they can’t GET ANY WORK DONE - FARM OUT( SUBLET AT A HUGE “PREMIUM “ ). IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR THEY WOULD GET NOTHING or FIRED ! 🧐

[@lawrencecarter8072]

The workers who do the least want the most.

[@shauncameron8390]

Who knew that workers can be every bit as greedy as CEO's?

[@YouConnolly]

They should get a 2% raise maximum, but move back the retirement age, get rid of overtime, stop the inclusion programs, and make it easier to fire people. They hire for life, and have zero insensitive to work hard

[@D4rkSing3r]

what about us? poor international students? 😭

[@YouCanDoX]

This is what happens when we just print paper money

[@Chinsoup]

Lolz they will get raises then taxes will be raised

[@proletar-ian]

Good. We should all do the same in the US.

[@stoegerstewie8351]

Finally, Canadians showed a backbone.

[@djgrom9542]

Live update from Ottawa. 20% are outside picketing, while 80% are loitering in the coffee shops surrounding the protests. Hardly any horns of support, except maybe from the OCtranspo bus drivers. The general public sees this for what it is.

[@krispyg8387]

**Fake update from Ottawa

[@lawrencecarter8072]

Hope trudeau holds his ground.

[@Ruggins62]

Tell them fools that I said Get back to work!💥