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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
Not a union guy by any stretch, but the way the government continuously throws money around, these proposed wage increases are miniscule to government spending. Not only that, the MP's themselves just got a pay raise on April 1st, so government has no legs to stand on regarding wages.
One big problem with PSAC is that having a national pay scale, in relation to cost of living is terrible. Someone living and working at the passport office in Toronto is being paid the same as the one working in the Medicine Hat office.
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The problem is that they're not just miniscule though. There is data showing that we have more and more public servants in this country and the productivity is less. "We're" paying an increased amount for that also. There was a piece in the Globe and Mail this weekend that outlined that, and also the fact that a lot of these public servants are making more than their private counterparts. There's really not a lot of rationale for that. They've got greater job security, pensions and benefits, and all of the trappings that come with government work in general, so why are they being paid more and demanding larger raises?
And the 13.5% request is not the full picture, is it? (genuine question). I thought that CRA workers were looking for 20%?