Some PSAC Employees Got Regular Pay During 2023 Strike

Revenue Canada workers form a picket line in Montreal on April 20, 2023, the second day of a strike by over 150,000 PSAC federal employees across the country. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

Payroll mistakes reportedly resulted in striking workers getting paid millions of dollars during a 2023 strike.

According to Blackock’s Reporter, the federal Department of Public Works said about 120,000 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada were paid regular wages during a 12-day strike in the spring of 2023.