More than 155,000 members of a Canadian public employee union went on strike after failed negotiations with the federal government, calling for more DEI initiatives and better pay.
was replete with provisions to combat racism and demanded such things as mandatory training for all managers and employees on diversity and inclusion, employment equity and unconscious bias."to engage in traditional Indigenous practices" such as hunting, fishing, harvesting and any practice prescribed by regulation under the Canada Labor Code. The brief also proposed a $1,500 pay bump for anyone who speaks Cree, Inuktitut, Dene or other Indigenous languages.
The PSAC strike is largely about wages, but the union also listed other demands in a brief tabled in 2022. "The Union finds it incomprehensible that a government which has introduced a new national holiday to mark ‘truth and reconciliation’ would not offer a modest financial recognition to those employees who use their indigenous language at work in service to Canadians," the brief said.
Canada's New Democratic Party leader, Jagmeet Singh, joins picketers after more than 155,000 public sector union workers with the Public Service Alliance of Canada began a strike, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on April 19, 2023. Other proposals included an extra $2.50 per hour for every employee who works after 4 p.m., a"Social Justice Fund" to which the government would contribute one cent per worker for every hour worked, an extra $2,000 raise for Veterans Affairs case managers and an extra $7,000 for parole officers.
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