Politics Briefing: More than 100,000 federal public servants could go on strike this week


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Hello, More than 100,000 federal public servants could go on strike this week after a majority of them voted to walk off the job, the latest action in a protracted labour dispute over wages between Ottawa and the union that represents the workers. On Wednesday, the Public Service Alliance of Canada announced that an “overwhelming majority” of members it represents voted in favour of a strike mandate for the union, which is currently in negotiations with the Treasury Board over a new collective agreement. The union is in a legal strike position as of midnight, April 12, if the two...