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‘Insulting wage offer’: Federal union slams 4-year, 3.5% raise proposal for public servants

Canada’s largest public sector union is calling the federal government’s contract offer to tens of thousands of public servants “insulting,” saying the proposal “amounts to less than one per cent per year.”

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‘Insulting wage offer’: Federal union slams 4-year, 3.5% raise proposal for public servants

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26,000 public servants warned their jobs could be at risk. Here is a breakdown by departmentOpens in new window

Public service executives return to office 5 days a week this week: Here’s what you need to know

Federal government aims to cut external consultant spending by 20%

Front-line officers at RCMP, CBSA not eligible for early retirement incentive program

Global Affairs delays 4-day office mandate for some workers due to lack of office space

Thousands of federal public servants apply for early retirement

Eastern Ontario mayor calls for regional offices for public servants, warns in-office mandate will ‘hurt communities’

Canada Revenue Agency cutting 210 jobs in the coming months

Union files grievance over federal government’s early retirement offers

Watch

Concern about child care availability amid return-to-office mandate

Federal public servants set to return-to-office

‘Remote work saves money’: public service union threatens legal action against in-office mandate

Union threatening legal action against the federal government's in-office mandate

Union taking legal action following new public sector in-office mandate

Public servants returning to office four days per week

More than 8,000 public service jobs to be cut

PSAC holds rally amid federal worker layoffs

The Government says I might get laid off, now what?

10,000 notices issued to public servants

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