Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) members strike in Kingston in April. Canada reached a deal with its tax agency staff in May.LARS HAGBERG/AFP/Getty Images
Canada’s largest federal public-sector union says more than 155,000 workers have ratified new four-year deals with the federal government.
The Public Service Alliance of Canada says members voted “overwhelmingly in favour” of the tentative agreements reached in May.
Those deals ended a 12-day strike that had shut down a range of government services.
The union says the four-year contracts, spanning from 2021 to 2024, provide wage increases that compensate workers for rising inflation and enshrine new language on remote work.
The agreements include a 11.5 per cent wage increase over four years, with another 0.5 per cent group-specific allowance in the third year and one-time, pensionable lump sum payments of $2,500.
The union says the agreements are expected to be formally signed in the coming weeks.