Mr. Speaker, the Public Service Alliance of Canada employees are having demonstrations on Parliament Hill today.
Last week PSAC employees in my riding held peaceful demonstrations. They are frustrated that the table two negotiations have broken down and they are now on strike. They have not been awarded pay equity with their counterparts in the same trade across the country. They have yet to receive an increase in wages for the past seven years.
The members of table two have been left with no other choice but to strike after over two years of negotiations with the federal government. I must question what this government has been doing in the past two years. Obviously very little.
The table two PSAC members only want fair and just treatment. It is this government's responsibility to negotiate with labour in a fair and equitable manner. Treasury Board must take that responsibility seriously and act now.
I urge Treasury Board to go back to the bargaining table and negotiate in good faith with those members.