On the first day of the Public Service Alliance of Canada’s (PSAC) general strike, hundreds of workers gathered on Parliament Hill in Ottawa to demand better wages.
“Workers are fed up, workers are frustrated, and workers are saying enough is enough. We’re not going to take the garbage anymore,” PSAC national president Chris Aylward told a crowd of striking workers from the picket line on 90 Elgin Street in Ottawa.
“We’re still at the table. Talks are ongoing, but we’re going to stay out here for as long as it takes, until we get a fair deal.”
Following the passing of a 9 p.m. strike deadline on the night of April 18, over 35,000 Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) workers and 120,000 Treasury Board workers set up picket lines at more than 250 locations across Canada. Hundreds of workers gathered in downtown Ottawa….