Canada’s striking federal workers call on Trudeau to speed up contract talks

A union representing some 155,000 striking Canadian public workers called on Saturday for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speed up negotiations over a
deal for higher wages and work-from-home guarantees.
A wide range of public services from tax returns to passport renewals have been affected since Wednesday, when about 120,000 workers under the Treasury Board and over 35,000 revenue agency workers, represented by Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) union, went on strike.
PSAC President Chris Aylward told reporters the strike would continue until a “fair deal” has been agreed. He said the union has been waiting for the federal government’s response to its proposal made on Thursday and that the union’s bargaining teams were “fed up” of waiting.
“I need to see the prime minister getting involved in these negotiations and helping and assisting to move these negotiations along,” Aylward said.