Canada Government Strike Drags On With Harsh Words, No Progress
- Back-to-work legislation not ‘the best outcome,’ official says
- Union says handling of its proposal ‘screams of incompetence’
Demonstrators during a Public Service Alliance of Canada strike in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on April 19.
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Canada’s massive civil service strike is poised to drag into its second week as the federal government and the union representing more than 155,000 federal workers trade barbs amid tense and slow negotiations.
Federal workers, including 35,000 from the Canada Revenue Agency, the country’s tax-collection body, have been on strike since Wednesday over wages and return-to-work policies. Still, the federal government has said it isn’t ready to force the civil servants back to work.