Language for post-pandemic telework should be enshrined in contracts for Canada’s 150,000 striking federal civil servants, say their union, with workers arguing it’s good for the environment, their own well-being and the public they serve.
Employees with Canada’s largest public sector union are in their second week of a nationwide walkout to back demands for issues that include higher wages and working from home. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) wants contract language entrenched in a universal work-from-home policy.
After COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted, the Treasury Board of Canada — the primary employer of the core public service — announced a blanket policy on telework in mid-December,
