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Originally Posted by timun
That's unfortunate and I don't mean to pick on you or Ironhorse, but frankly your earlier comment about PSAC seeming "greedy" comes across as "crabs-in-a-bucket mentality": if you don't get a raise, no one should get one.
I'm not saying that's what you mean, but I hope you understand how someone such as myself could perceive it that way.
I know a lot of people who believe the federal public services is full of a bunch of overpaid dog-####ers with gold-plated benefits and pensions, but my experience is that's not the case. The most spoiled and entitled people I've ever dealt with have been white-collar private sector workers in one particular industry.
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To a certain extent you're correct. part of my feeling on it does stem from jealousy.
I do think they deserve a raise, I just think they're asking for too much, especially if their benefit plan is maintained.
There are likely other issues they're at odds over, but on salary increases alone I think the union might be a bit unreasonable in striking.