{"id":9908,"date":"2022-03-02T08:56:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T13:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9908"},"modified":"2022-03-07T10:51:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T15:51:03","slug":"general-strike-at-the-office-of-the-auditor-general-for-the-audit-services-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9908","title":{"rendered":"General Strike at the Office of the Auditor General for the Audit Services Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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March 2, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been 3 months since the beginning of different job actions at the Office of the Auditor General (OAG). The PSAC-UNE members of Local 70153 (Audit Services Group, ASG) are facing tumultuous contract negotiations. Earlier this week, the members of that Local went a step further and decided to go on a general strike for the first time in the history of the OAG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group, 75% of whom are women, plays a critical role in ensuring Canada\u2019s federal and territorial governments are accountable to the public. These PSAC-UNE members perform a wide range of tasks within the OAG, from professional development, finance, contracting and procurement to translation and editing of the different audit reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, it is also the lowest paid group at the OAG. The workers are asking for fair compensation, but Auditor General Karen Hogan and the Treasury Board, which oversees bargaining at the OAG, keeps rejecting their proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ongoing key bargaining issues are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n