Strike action has ended after a tentative deal was reached between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and Customs and Immigration Union and the Canada Border Services Agency.
The four year tentative deal was reached late Friday night.
In a news release, PSAC National President Chris Aylward says, “We are relieved that CBSA and the government finally stepped up to address the most important issues for our members to avoid a prolonged labour dispute.”
Conditions of the deal include an average pay increase of over two per cent per year, retroactive to 2018, a better grievance-handling process, and the creation of a National Joint Committee to tackle workplace culture problems at CBSA.”
Work-to-rule strike action began at 7am Friday morning.
Negotiations between PSAC-CIU and CBSA began in January 2019 but reached an impasse in December 2020. National strike votes were held in June and July 2021, and PSAC-CIU announced issued an official strike notice on August 3.
CIU National President Mark Weber says. “Finally, after three years of negotiations, we’ve resolved longstanding issues that will go a long way towards making CBSA a better, safer place to work for our members.”
The border into Canada from the United States is scheduled to re-open on August 9th to fully vaccinated U.S. travellers.
BREAKING: After an intense final round of negotiations that lasted more than 36 hours, we have reached a tentative agreement with CBSA late Friday, August 6.
https://t.co/HBJoMAsllj #cdnpoli #canlab— PSAC-AFPC (@psac_afpc) August 7, 2021
As a tentative collective agreement has been reached, we expect #CBSA operations to continue. We know that we can rely on Border Services Officers to work with dedication, integrity and professionalism. https://t.co/VXwoKE4TWd
— Canada Border Services Agency (@CanBorder) August 7, 2021
