Alex Silas (Regional Executive Vice-President, National Capital Region, PSAC)
Marc Brière (National President, UTE)
Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister)
Mona Fortier (President of the Treasury Board)
Greg Fergus (Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board)
Diane Lebouthillier (Minister of National Revenue)
Number
approx. 159,000 employees[1]
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.
The strike was the culmination of more than a year of collective bargaining following the expiry of the previous collective agreement in 2021, with it ultimately resulting from disagreements between PSAC and the Government of Canada (represented in bargaining by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat) on issues related to remote work, enhanced work amenities and wage increases to compensate for inflation. It affected several federal programs, including passport renewals and immigration processing. The strike was also expected to have an impact on tax season, such as processing delays, with the deadline for taxes having remained unchanged at April 30, 2023 (May 1, 2023, since April 30 was a Sunday).[2][3]
Early on May 1, PSAC announced that a tentative agreement had been reached for the PA, SV, TC, and EB bargaining units and that workers in these units were required to return to work at 9a.m.ET on May 1, or their next scheduled shift after that date.[4] Workers from the Union of Taxation Employees (UTE) bargaining unit continued to strike until a tentative agreement was announced on May 3,[5] ending the strike altogether, at which point they were required to return to work by May 4 at 11:30a.m.ET at the latest.[6][7]
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^"Due dates and payment dates – Personal income tax". Canada Revenue Agency. January 24, 2023. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
^Yun, Tom (April 14, 2023). "CRA has 'no plans' to extend tax deadlines if workers strike". CTV News. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
^"PSAC has reached a tentative agreement for the PA, SV, TC and EB bargaining units at Treasury Board". Public Service Alliance of Canada. May 1, 2023. Archived from the original on May 1, 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
^"The Canada Revenue Agency reaches a tentative agreement with the Public Service Alliance of Canada – Union of Taxation Employees". Ottawa: Canada Revenue Agency. May 4, 2023. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
^"Tentative agreement reached with Canada Reveny Agency for 35,000 PSAC-UTE Members". Union of Taxation Employees. May 4, 2023. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
^"Tentative agreement reached with Canada Revenue Agency for 35,000 PSAC-UTE members". Public Service Alliance of Canada. May 4, 2023. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
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