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Clock Ticking Toward 4pm Deadline for New Deal for Border Guards

A strike would also impact employees at airports and marine ports of entry.

The clock is ticking down to an afternoon deadline  for a new deal between the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the federal government. 

There could be massive disruptions at Niagara's and the rest of Canada's borders if a strike by border workers goes ahead later today.

The two sides went into mediation on Monday but Canada Border Services Agency employees are set to begin job action at 4 p-m today if there's no deal before then.

The government says 90 per cent of CBSA front-line workers are deemed essential and cannot strike.

But union members could work-to-rule, slowing the flow of border traffic by doing their jobs exactly as outlined in their contracts. 

A strike would also include employees at airports and marine ports of entry.

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