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Originally Posted by Locke
At the moment I dont think its a matter of sector or industries, Cost of Living is way, way out of whack at the moment.
I dont think its terribly unreasonable to maybe determine a smoothed out average as opposed to reacting to a currently very unstable atmosphere and just firing out 10% raises to everyone.
It seems more prudent to operate on historical averages in terms of cost of living than just going with the madness right now and working off of that though.
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The problem is that the BC public sector is the lowest paid public sector in Canada, so they're already way behind COLA. The ask is 5% per year over two years or COLA, whichever is higher. Considering that MLAs have already tied their salaries to inflation/COLA, and BC's minimum wage is also tied to inflation, it's not unreasonable for government workers to ask for the same.