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QUEBEC — Workers at Revenu Québec are on strike this weekend due to a deadlock in contract negotiations.

The employees involved include financial management officers, accountants, tax auditors and computer analysts.

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According to the union, a strike on a weekend has a major impact since it is during this period that Revenu Québec workers perform checks at restaurants and bars. In addition, maintenance on the computer system is normally performed on weekends.

Union president Richard Perron denounced the lack of progress on the issue of wages for the 4,600 members of Syndicat de professionnelles et professionnels du gouvernement du Québec. Their collective agreement expired in March 2015

On Friday, some union members demonstrated during lunchtime in Sherbrooke, Trois-Rivières, Rimouski, Saguenay, Gatineau, Quebec City and Montreal.

The union held a two-day strike in August.