Many Canadians will find demands from public sector workers tough to swallow with economic uncertainty
Tens of thousands of federal public servants are in a position to strike after months of fruitless negotiations with their Ottawa bosses. Key pieces of dispute include non-wage benefits and whether some type of remote work protection should be part of collective agreements. When it comes to the demand for pay hikes, labour leaders can point to statistics showing Canadian average hourly wages up more than 5 per cent, year-over-year.
Most importantly, many Canadians will find demands coming from public sector unions in an era of economic uncertainty, and change, tough to swallow. Federal workers have job and pension security, and benefits, that many workers can only dream of. But there are many aspects of working for the federal government, especially in the pandemic era, that have distinguished it from the experience of other Canadians.
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