On January 20, CRA management presented its bargaining proposals at a PIC hearing, reaffirming its push for regressive changes to the collective agreement and its rejection of union proposals.

Last week, mediation between Treasury Board and PSAC ended without a tentative agreement as government representatives refused to make progress on PSAC’s key demands. The session covered both common issues as well as those specific to the PA unit - 90,000 federal public service workers in Program & Administrative Services.