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OTTAWA, Ontario AP 鈥?Canada government made a new contract offer to the country biggest public workers union Friday as thousands of federal employees remained on strike for a 10th day.The office of Treasury Board President Mona Fortier called it a comprehensive offer but provided no details.The Public Service Alliance of Ca stanley cup nada, which had said Wednesday that negotiations were stalemated, confirmed receiving the offer, but did not comment on what it contained. We hope to continue bargaining this weekend in order to reach a fair deal, the union said in a statement.The government previously had offered to increase pay by 9 percent over three years. The union initially asked for 13.5 percent raises over the same time frame.WATCH: Senate Democrats grill former Starbucks CEO over allegations of anti-union practicesOther issues described by the stanley cup government as sticking points earlier this week include the flexibility to work remotely, a reduction in the stanley cup governments use of outside contractors and the implementation of seniority rules in the event of layoffs.More than 100,000 members of the union went on strike April 19 after the union and government failed to reach agreement on replacing contracts that expired in 2021.The contracts affect 155,000 federal workers in total, but the government deemed about 46,000 of them to be essential workers and they are not taking part in the strike.As the strike continues, Canadians are facing a wide rang Wwzk Former CIA director Michael Hayden hospitalized after stroke
A court in Egypt on Wednesday handed down life sentences to 230 people for participating in the 2011 uprising that forced longtime leader President Hosni Mubarak to resign.All of the defendants were tried in absentia, except for activist Ahmed Douma, who is already serving a three-year sentence for leading past protests and for contempt of court.The protests led to clashes with security forces and the burning of parliament and other buildings. Wednesdays ruling can be appealed. The harshness of the verdict is not a surprise to us, as the judge is driven by personal and political motives that shed light on the degree of impartiality of the Egyptian judiciary, said Doumas lawyer Mohammed Abdel-Aziz, the Associated Press reported.The judge in the case, Mohammed Nagi Shehata, also presided over the death sentences of 183 out of 188 defendants charged with killing 11 policemen in Kerdasa in northern Egypt in August 2013. On Feb. 2, the court sentenced a minor to 10 years, acquitted two defendants and dropped the charges against two others who had died, according to the state-run Al-Ahram newspaper.Al Jazeera journalist adidas og Peter Greste poses for a photograph in Kibati village, near Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Aug. 7, 2013. Photo by Thomas Mukoya/ReutersLast summer, Shehata sentenced three stanley cup Al Jazeera j air force 1 ournalists to seven to 10 years in prison on charges of helping the Muslim Brotherhood. One of those journalists, Australian citizen Peter Greste, was freed Sunda
