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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
If you're a member of the AUPE you're actually getting a raise, nevermind a theoretical pay cut though. It just feels wrong to me given the state the economy is in. Remember, they are borrowing money and leveraging more debt to do this. It's almost half of their budget man.
Personally I don't believe the NDP will discuss cuts until everyone eventually works for them. Raises for everyone!
Fire away?
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Let's do a little fact checking..
The direct government jobs represented by the AUPE were given a new contract by Hancock in 2014 and raises then, they are not due for more raises until 2018 so lets clarify it's not ALL of AUPE.
Second, yes there are raises coming to AHS support workers who have been without contract since 2014. After being unable to come to an agreement with the PC or the NDP government they went to an independent arbitrator who gave them a 5% raise effective 2014.
Third, there is a wage freeze for government management in effect right now and AUPE is anticipating the government will negotiate from a position of wage freeze for all direct employees next year when the current contract expires.
So no the NDP are not giving out raises to AUPE.