Workers across the country are riled up - Labour Day Message from Sid Ryan the Ontario president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and a general vice-president of CUPE National representing 500,000 workers
The industrial hourly wage increased by only 1.8 % for the entire decade. Public sector workers have seen wage freezes and wage cuts. But, in many provinces workers are fighting back. Since the last Labour Day holiday we have seen nurses, health care workers, teachers, paramedics and social services...
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| Published in | Canada NewsWire p. 1 |
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| Format | Newsletter |
| Language | English |
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Ottawa
PR Newswire Association LLC
31.08.2001
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| Summary: | The industrial hourly wage increased by only 1.8 % for the entire decade. Public sector workers have seen wage freezes and wage cuts. But, in many provinces workers are fighting back. Since the last Labour Day holiday we have seen nurses, health care workers, teachers, paramedics and social services and municipal workers strike to defend their rights in the workplace and for fair wage increases. It's the beginning of a wave of labour unrest that will swell as federal and provincial governments continue to attack workers' rights and keep wages low as they push the free market policies that will increase the privatization of our social programs. |
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