More than 155,000 federal public servants are on strike after the federal government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) failed to reach a deal before a Tuesday evening deadline. The announcement came after two bargaining groups representing a significant part of the government workforce entered a legal strike position last week. Of those workers, about 47,000 are considered essential and, although in a legal strike position, will continue to report to work. Strike votes for this group happened from Feb. 22 until April 11, while strike votes for the CRA group were held from Jan. 31 until April 6. PSAC leadership said Monday all workers in a legal strike position would strike Wednesday if the union didn't reach an agreement with the federal government by 9 p.m.
