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Members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada rally outside Vancouver Art Gallery after returning to work following a return to negotiations. The PSAC strike targeted cutbacks to the federal civil service ranks and increased use of contracted workers, part of the Conservative government's plans to privatize public services. The government had back to work legislation poised but were reluctant to use it. The public service staff relations board had found the government bargained in bad faith for its refusal to negotiate wages and impose its zero wage increase for the first year of a three year contract.