Strike over for Canada Revenue Agency employees

The public-sector union representing 35-thousand Canada Revenue Agency employees has struck a tentative deal with the federal government, ending a two-week strike.  The announcement of a prospective agreement comes after the government and Public Service Alliance of Canada came to separate deals that ended a strike of more than 120-thousand other public servants.  The separate agreements that PSAC negotiated with the government included an 11.5 per cent wage increase over four years.  Earlier in the negotiations, the tax employees’ union had been pushing for a 20.5 per cent increase over a three-year period.