Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The federal government of Canada and the Public Service Alliance of Canada have entered into a tentative agreement that would cover about 95,000 public employees. Treasury Board President Stockwell Day announced the deal Monday with Canada’s largest federal union.
The pact provides for a 5.3 percent salary increase spread over three years. It is an indicator that despite Ottawa’s huge budget deficit, the federal government has no plans to freeze salaries of public workers.
Included in the deal are the Program and Administrative Services Group, the Education and Library Science Group and the Operational Services Group. Excluded are the Technical Group and the Border Services Group.
PSAC President John Gordon said bargaining for the last two groups will go on until February 2011.
Payroll is the second largest expense of Ottawa’s $239 billion annual budget. The top is transfer payments, which totaled $138 billion in 2008-09, manpower is third at $36 billion and public debt charges fourth at $31 billion.
View full post on Labor Stories
0 Comments until now