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A potential strike involving Canada Border Service Agency workers looms at border crossings nationwide after the release of a Public Interest Commission report.
The report, which outlines the commission’s recommendations to reach a settlement, puts workers in a legal strike position as of Thursday (June 6). Negotiations with the Treasury Board and the CBSA are set to start June 3, according to the Public Service Alliance of Canada-Customs and Immigration Union.
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Members of the union, which represents more than 9,000 employees, voted 96 per cent in favour of job action following strike votes held April 10 to May 23.
“The clock is ticking,” said Sharon DeSousa, PSAC national president-elect. “At every opportunity, Trudeau’s Liberal government has refused to put the needs of workers first, and time is running out to avoid sweeping job action.”
PSAC-Customs and Immigration Union members at the border service agency include border services officers at airports, land entry points, marine ports, and commercial ports of entry, inland enforcement officers, intelligence officers, investigators, trade officers, and non-uniformed headquarters staff.
Border agency workers, including those at Windsor’s bridge and tunnel crossings, have been without a contract for two years.
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Workers are calling for fair wages in line with other “law enforcement agencies across the country and equitable retirement benefits.”
“Taking job action is always a last resort, but the overwhelming support for our strike mandate – with 96 per cent of our members in favour — show that we are prepared to do whatever it takes to win a fair contract,” said Mark Weber, Customs and Immigration Union national president.
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