The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), one of the largest workers’ unions in the country, held a protest outside of the Centre de recherche et de développement (CRD) de Sherbrooke Thursday morning, calling for a new collective agreement.
According to PSAC-Quebec Regional Executive Vice-President Yvon Barrière, employees at the federally run CRD de Sherbrooke, which is managed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, have been working without a new contract for roughly 16 months and patience is wearing thin.
Barrière said there has been little to no response from the Treasury Board of Canada or Agriculture Canada. The union held three negotiations over Zoom during the pandemic, he explained, and each time the treasury showed less and less interest in the workers’ issues.
Union workers protest in Lennoxville
By Michael Boriero
