Arbitration: Treasury Board President Tony Clement

Treasury Board president Tony Clement: It's the third move made by the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers this week in its attempt to pressure the government to enter arbitration and settle a contract dispute, according to CBC. The labour relations board complaint comes after PAFSO and Treasury Board president Tony Clement failed to agree on sending the matter to an arbitrator, an option first proposed by the union on July 18. The government wanted to impose six conditions on the arbitration process and the union said they were so "paralyzing" it couldn't accept all of them and Striking foreign service workers are accusing the federal government of bargaining in bad faith and have filed a complaint with the Public Service Labour Relations Board. On Monday, foreign service officers at Canada's 15 busiest visa processing centres abroad walked off the job and on Tuesday, employees in Ottawa held a demonstration outside Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.