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The data show that workers have been more than willing to join the fast-expanding public service. From April 2014 to April 2023, federal, provincial and municipal employment grew 22.3 per cent, private-sector employment only 11.4 per cent. Today, public-sector employment accounts for almost 20.9 per cent of all jobs in Canada, compared to 19.4 per cent in 2014. The private sector pays the bills, so that can only mean a higher tax burden on private-sector workers and businesses.
Public-sector workers are highly unionized. So it is not surprising they have succeeded in pushing up salaries and benefits faster than in the private sector. The average hourly wage and benefits for unionized workers is $35.44, which is nine per cent more than for non-unionized workers. But despite the potential for wage gains through bargaining, private-sectorfell from 21 per cent in 1997 to just 15 per cent in 2021, even as unionization grew from 74 to 77 per cent in the public sector.
More importantly, private companies have much less ability to raise consumer prices to recover higher negotiated wage costs. If they do, both domestic and foreign competitors will take market share from them. Workers understand this. And paying dues and being subject to seniority rules may not be so appealing, especially to the young. In the public sector, where there is no competition to worry about, it may not matter so much.
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