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Unions representing public servants say they are blindsided and outraged by new rules forcing federal employees to work from the office at least three days a week.

The public-sector union representing Canada Revenue Agency employees has struck a tentative deal with the federal government, ending a strike of 35,000 workers just after the tax season wrapped up.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Treasury Board covering more than 120,000 federal government workers across the country.

Federal ministers said on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, they were monitoring for blockades of critical roads and infrastructure, as striking federal workers made good on a promise to ramp up their picket efforts by disrupting traffic and limiting access to office buildings in downtown Ottawa.

The job action taken by members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada could amount to a complete halt of the tax season, slowdowns at the border and pauses to new EI, immigration and passport applications.

The Trudeau government is not interested in engaging striking PSAC workers. The Treasury Board issued a press release stating it has “done everything it can do to reach a deal.” In labour relations speak, the government is digging in.

Federal public service unions say the government's plan to get employees back to the office is confusing, disjointed and jeopardizing health and safety.

The new rules will come into effect on June 20, though the requirements for foreign nationals coming to Canada will not change.

The core public service, air travel and rail employees and passengers must all be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of October, according to Canada’s new mandatory vaccine policy.

About 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers are preparing to begin job action across the country on Friday, August 6, 2021, and say travellers should expect long lineups and lengthy delays at border crossings and airports.

The association representing oilfield service companies is boosting its 2021 drilling forecast by 29 per cent thanks to a stronger commodity price outlook.

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada is cutting its 2020 Canadian drilling forecast for a third time as the industry remains mired in a slump expected to extend well into the second half of the year.

The federal government has lost at least $439 million so far this year in productivity through a policy that allows civil servants to stay home, with pay, during emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's budget watchdog said in a report released on Friday, July 24, 2020.

The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has revised its 2020 Canadian drilling forecast to an almost 50-year record low of 3,100 oil and gas wells, a level not seen since 2,900 wells were drilled in 1972.

"How can any worker in the country vote Conservative?” asks the head of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, which represents 140,000 public servants.