VICTORIA — Provincial politicians are getting larger pay raises this year than nurses, social workers and hundreds of thousands of public servants who signed new contracts with a government t…
VICTORIA — Provincial politicians are getting larger pay raises this year than nurses, social workers and hundreds of thousands of public servants who signed new contracts with a government that argued it didn’t have the money to pay them higher salaries.Meanwhile, more than 200,000 public-sector employees will only see a wage increase of two per cent this year, as part of new collective agreements signed with an NDP government that insisted it was unaffordable to pay them more.
“I don’t begrudge people from getting a wage increase, but when the bosses are getting an increase that isn’t being offered to the workers, that’s a real problem,” said president Glen Hansman. “If it comes to a general wage increase, if that’s what the rate of inflation is, then workers in the public and private sector shouldn’t be made to feel ashamed for asking for similar things.”
“You also have to look at the supports for the programs and services that are there. If I look at the amount of dollars and resources that we put into public services, if I look at the support we put into child care, into education into the areas of work, we’re not only improving the wages we’re improving the working conditions and the supports for the people who work in the system.The contracts already signed with unions like the B.C.
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