“2% is for milk”: More than 100,000 federal workers went on strike last week after negotiations hit an impasse over salaries and the right to work remotely.

Zak Vescera hit the rainy Vancouver picket lines to hear from strikers.

Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.

Published Tuesday, April 25, 2023. 

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/25/From-Picket-Line-Strike/

“2% is for milk”: More than 100,000 federal workers went on strike last week after negotiations hit an impasse over salaries and the right to work remotely. Zak Vescera hit the rainy Vancouver picket lines to hear from strikers. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, April 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/25/From-Picket-Line-Strike/

From the Picket Line: What’s at Stake in the Big Strike

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