On the second day of the national strike for more than 155,000 workers under the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), National President Chris Aylward warned Canadians will begin to see “more and more inconvenience.”
“We’re not taking over the streets. We’re not shutting down airports or borders yet. We’re not inconveniencing the public today,” Aylward told reporters in Ottawa on Thursday.
“But the longer we’re out here, the public is going to see more and more inconvenience. We don’t want to do that. It’s up to this government how long this strike lasts.”
Two PSAC groups—a larger Treasury Board group of more than 120,000 workers across several government departments and a smaller group of more than 35,000 workers at the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)—have been striking nationwide since Wednesday. Board workers set up picket lines at more than 250 locations across Canada, including eight in the Ottawa-Gatineau region….