PressProgressApr 19, 2023

PressProgress journalists are on the ground across the country reporting on developments of the public workers strike #canlab #cdnpoli

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“It’s up to this government how long this strike lasts,” says PSAC President Chris Aylward. (Photo: @llebrun)

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ICYMI: PressProgress journalist Emily Leedham wrote an explainer on the details: Why is this strike happening, what are the impacts, and what political leaders are saying. #canlab #cdnpoli https://pressprogress.ca/public-service-alliance-canada-government-strike/
Over 100,000 Canadian Government Workers Are Now On Strike. Here’s What You Need To Know.

Federal workers with the Public Service Alliance of Canada have launched a national general strike

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Chris Aylward, PSAC President addresses the crowd in Ottawa. Footage captured by @llebrun #canlab #ottnews
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Our Prairies reporter Emily Leedham captured footage of the PSAC picket line in downtown Winnipeg:
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Our BC Reporter, Rumneek Johal, covered the strike on the west coast:

"I stopped by the Service Canada Centre in Langley to speak with PSAC workers on the picket line. Spirits were high despite the pouring rain." #cdnpoli #canlab

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“What people need to remember is the people that have stat holiday and maternity leave and all those things in the private sector got that because the union fought for it and won it. We are here to remind the public that what we get, they will reap the benefits. I guarantee it.”

As reported on the ground in Langley by Rumneek Johal, BC Reporter.

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Photo by Rumneek Johal. PSAC members on strike in Langley BC.
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“We’ve been working with less people and more work through COVID and just making it work.”

As reported on the ground in Langley by Rumneek Johal, BC Reporter.

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From our Alberta Reporter this morning, Stephen Magusiak says, "Several hundred at the Harry Hayes building this morning. Hearing that inflation has now put workers in various departments below the cost of living. No contract since June 2021."
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"These are people who work in understaffed federal bureaucracies like immigration and refugee services, CRA, Treasury Board, passports, etc."

As reported by Alberta Reporter, Stephen Magusiak.