They ensure our drinking water is safe to drink, the air safe to breathe. They protect our children, tend to the most frail, the most sick and the most needy. They've been made to sacrifice while government struggled with deficits. It's time they got a fair return for the critical work they do. Service levels are deteriorating.
Workloads are excessive.
Workers do not have the staff or resources to do their jobs. Our members who work in government have told us, unequivocally, that job security is a huge issue for the next round of bargaining. We will be continuing our efforts to achieve wage parity between workers in the community and facilities subsectors, as well as improved benefits, stronger job security, and a fair general wage increase. Heyman said public sector workers are facing an uncertain political climate and repeated demands by political and corporate extremists for massive cuts in government spending, wholesale contracting out of public services, and more deregulation. B.C. already has the second-leanest public sector in Canada.