Patty Hajdu: “Certainly, money has been part of the challenge.”

These are good quality, solid careers and too few Canadians know about them.

Obviously, I have to leave it to the parties to characterize those talks, but they are very, very well supported by the Federal Mediation Service and we’re hopeful that they reach a negotiated agreement.

Although 97 per cent of collective agreements are arrived at in the federal space without labour disruption, there are some sectors with high-profile, challenging complications that happen on a regular basis.

This government’s been clear we’re not going to — at all — touch a constitutional right to strike.