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OTTAWA Some 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers are preparing for strike votes starting next week, even as Canada-U.S. border reopening talks get underway. The Public Service Alliance of Canada union said Thursday that its 5,500 border services officers, 2,000 headquarters staff and other workers at Canada Post facilities and in inland enforcement jobs will begin strike votes on June 16, which will then continue throughout the month. The workers, employed by the CBSA and Treasury Board, have been without a contract for nearly three years and say talks broke off between the two sides in December. The union and the employers have been unable to agree on better protections for staff that the union argues would bring them in line with other law enforcement personnel across Canada and address a toxic workplace culture.
The unions representing border services officers, inland enforcement officers, and others, says more than 9,000 employees have been without a new contract for nearly three years.
The number of misconduct investigations of the officers who control Canada's border and entry points grew last year, despite a dramatic reduction in international travel during the pandemic.
Share They call from six in the morning to 12 at night, John Arnet, general manager of 716 Limousine in Buffalo, N.Y. said. We ve had so many requests for border crossings that we re turning them down.
Canada s harsh travel restrictions
While most foreign travelers are banned from entering Canada, people with Canadian citizenship or Canadian relatives are allowed to cross the border.
Anyone entering the country has to quarantine for 14 days, which includes a mandatory three night pre-paid booking at a government-authorized hotel for people who fly into the country.
Travelers are expected to make their own plans and those without prearranged quarantine arrangements could be placed in a facility for 14 days or face a $3,000 fine for failing to book a hotel.