Federal public service strike could affect 600 workers in the North

In the event of a strike, some employees will be deemed essentialHundreds of federal public servants in the North could walk off the job as part of a Canada-wide labour disruption in the next 58 days. There are about 600 federal employees across Nunavut, N.W.T. and the Yukon who are now in a legal position to strike after the union representing them voted in favour of a strike mandate. The workers poised to strike come from four different bargaining units: program and administrative services (which is the largest bargaining unit in the core federal public service), operational services, technical services and education and library services. Rousseau said the public might feel the effects of a strike or a lockout the most at Services Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, and at RCMP detachments.