Has the Canadian Immigration Service resumed work?

Immigration officials will resume work at 9: 00 am EST on May 1 Sunday. Important services suspended due to the strike, such as passports and other non-essential government functions, will be resumed. Due to the backlog of applications exceeding 1 week, application processing, naturalization ceremony and interview may still be delayed. However, although most government officials have resumed their work, 35,000 members of the Canadian Revenue Agency are still on strike nationwide.

Passport services, immigration services and some services in Canada that were suspended due to the strike will also be resumed. Due to the strike around 10 working day, a large number of documents are overstocked, and the processing of immigration applications and interviews with immigration authorities have caused delays to varying degrees. However, overseas visa application and labeling services were affected, and the border replacement service was carried out as usual.

The contents of the temporary agreement reached by the Canadian Immigration Bureau on strike

Salary: from 202 1 to 2024, within the validity period of the agreement, PSAC will negotiate a salary increase 12.6%. This includes an extra fourth year to protect workers from inflation. In addition, there is a one-time accumulated pension, which is equivalent to 3.7% of the extra salary of ordinary PSAC members.

Teleworking: PSAC union members have better protection in teleworking. The manager must evaluate the remote work request separately and provide a written reply. This helps to ensure fair decision-making in telecommuting.

Safer and more inclusive workplace: The agreement established a joint committee to review training courses related to employment equity, diversity and inclusion. It has also increased paid holidays for indigenous employees to engage in traditional activities, such as hunting, fishing and harvesting.

Outsourcing: Protect PSAC union members from losing their jobs when the federal government hires a large number of contract workers. This will help maintain public services and reduce outsourcing.