Just 17 per cent think striking government employees are \u0027underpaid\u0027
While 65 per cent of respondents supported PSAC demands related to better overtime pay, only 48 per cent gave a thumbs up to the wage increase requested by the union.
It’s harder to get a rough estimate of pay among the other 100,000 strikers, as they comprise units that are known to be at the lower end of federal payrolls. This includes cleaners and Canada’s last remaining lightkeepers. The most recent Statistics Canada numbers peg average hourly pay in Canada at $31.96, which works out to $66,476 per year.Article content
On Thursday, the union bussed 500 members to the departures lounge of Toronto Pearson International Airport, prompting airport officials to advise travellers to arrive early to account for anticipated delays caused by the disruptions. “I’d rather be working from home” and “Telework Works” were among the signs held by picketers at a Wednesday demonstration on Parliament Hill.Canada’s Sudanese evacuation has begun, albeit later than almost any of our peer countrieson Thursday, one carrying 45 passengers, while the second carried 73. This is a far lighter passenger load than almost any other evacuation flight out of the country.
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