Canada’s largest federal public-service union says that some 155,000 workers will go on strike across the country after talks with the government failed to produce an agreement before a Tuesday night deadline.
The Public Service Alliance of Canada said strike action would begin Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. EDT., calling it one of the largest strikes in Canadian history.
Picket lines will be set up at more than 250 locations.
Chris Aylward, the union’s national president, said the bargaining teams would remain at the table throughout the strike.
“We are still a ways apart, but we’re staying at the table because we’re still hopeful and our goal is still to get a tentative agreement,” Aylward said during a brief press conference Tuesday night….