Union files bad-faith bargaining complaint against Canada Revenue Agency


Tue, February 7, 2023 

OTTAWA — A union representing federal public servants has filed a bad-faith bargaining complaint against the Canada Revenue Agency.

In December, Treasury Board President Mona Fortier announced that all federal public servants would be returning to the office at least two to three days per week.

The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada claims the revenue agency's recent decision to impose a "one-size-fits-all" return mandate — instead of negotiating at the bargaining table — amounts to bad faith.

The union and the revenue agency have been in negotiations since last October when they were discussing telework, but at a bargaining meeting in January the agency announced that telework would no longer be part of the talks.

Union president Jennifer Carr says that removing a core issue from the bargaining table is a bad-faith manoeuvre.

The agency has not responded to a request for comment.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 7, 2023.

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