The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has denounced the arrest of Regional Executive Vice-President for PSAC’s National Capital Region Alex Silas during a strike by Non-Public Funds (NPF) workers.
“These heavy-handed, excessive and unnecessary police tactics are an attack on workers meant to silence their voices and weaken their bargaining power,” said Chris Aylward, PSAC’s national president.
After being released last Wednesday, Silas faced five charges under the Criminal Code of Canada while civilian military workers continued to strike outside the Department of National Defence’s Joint Intelligence Operations Centre in Ottawa.
