Hundreds of workers at Canada's foreign signals intelligence agency have voted to strike — a move that comes as the threat of state-sponsored cyber attacks related to the pandemic appears to be rising. "They perform vital work protecting Canada from foreign cyber and attacks, foreign hacking attempts," Alex Silas, PSAC's regional executive vice-president for the National Capital Region, told CBC News. CSE, one of Canada's key intelligence agencies, employs about 2,900 people and is responsible for foreign intelligence and cybersecurity. "CSE management is refusing to apply a wage increase to the portion of workers' salaries that is made up of market allowances," said Silas. While the lights will remain on, the union says the agency will lose workers if it doesn't offer competitive salaries.

Source: CBC News February 24, 2021 23:24 UTC