About 155,000 federal public servants have been on strike since April 19. While wages are a primary sticking point, the union also wants remote work included in its collective agreement.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/04/30/canadas-largest-public-sector-strike-leaves-thousands-in-immigration-limbo/

BCMEA said the proposed four-year collective agreement included “considerable hikes in wages and benefits” that exceeded the approximate 10 per cent increase over the past three years.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9842381/bc-port-strike-poilievre-trudeau/

However, in June the tribunal concluded that LSEs could not be considered as a ‘separate bargaining unit’ from other categories of educators and they were covered by the collective agreement signed between the directorate and the Malta Union of Teachers.

Source: https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/union-challenges-tribunal-decision-stopping-representing-lses.1058997

O’Regan issued a statement saying the board has been directed to impose a new collective agreement or final binding arbitration on both the port workers and their employers if a negotiated resolution is determined to be impossible.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/industrial-relations-board-directed-to-review-and-potentially-end-bc-port-dispute-7342416

The new collective agreement, if ratified, would be in effect retroactive to Sept. 1, 2022.

Source: https://www.cp24.com/news/tentative-deal-with-ontario-elementary-teachers-sends-issue-of-wages-to-arbitration-1.6658109

Up next for Unifor is bargaining a new collective agreement with Stellantis, the automotive manufacturing company that employs nearly 10,000 Canadians, Payne said.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gm-facilities-canada-1.6991176?cmp=rss