Canada Federal Workers Launch Largest Strike In Decades

CANADA – More than 155,000 federal workers in Canada have gone on strike, marking the biggest action of its kind in the country in more than three decades.

The strike comes after the union for federal workers failed to reach an agreement with the government over wages and work-from-home arrangements.

The government offered a 9% wage increase over three years, but the union asked for a higher increase over the same period.

The union has also pushed to cement an agreement on remote work, despite a recent mandate from the treasury board that asked public servants to return to the office at least two days a week.