Unionized government employees are continuing to hold information pickets across Canada’s most populous province of Ontario to fight what they call the “government’s refusal to bargain a fair collective agreement”.
“After years of austerity, [Ontario] Premier Kathleen Wynne is demanding that the public service accept more wage freezes, cutbacks and concessions,” said Warren (Smokey) Thomas, president of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, in a statement released Wednesday (April 1). “Government negotiators at the bargaining table appear they would rather push the [Ontario Public Service] into a strike than negotiate a fair deal with their employees.”
The union represents all frontline Ministry employees who work directly for the Ontario government. The current collective agreement expired Dec. 31, 2014.
More information:
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) press release – Government workers protest to demand a fair contract – here
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) – News on picketing – here
Peterborough Examiner – OPSEU workers march to back demands – here
Simcoe Reformer – OPSEU workers stand united – here
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