The attorneys have not received a cost-of-living pay increase since their last strike in 2008, Wiebe said, even though the cost of living has gone up 17 per cent since then.
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Hundreds of public sector workers protest post-secondary layoffs | CBC News
AUPE president Guy Smith said the gathering should serve as a warning that public employees are prepared to go the distance if things don’t change.
“We’re here to tell Jason Kenney, ‘hey, you lied to us, because you said you weren’t going to touch front-line services,’” he said.
“Well, here we have an example where hundreds of front-line positions are being cut. So I don’t know what else we can expect from this government. They’ve been arrogant, aggressive, and they’ve lied to us.
"I think all Albertans should start getting concerned by that.”
Ontario Catholic Teachers Vote 97% In Favour Of Strike
TORONTO — Teachers in Ontario’s English Catholic system have voted 97 per cent in favour of a strike.
Ontario
English Catholic Teachers’ Association president Liz Stuart says the
vote sends a message to the government that members won’t accept an
agreement that would be detrimental to learning and working conditions
in schools.
Strike begins for workers at 7 Sask. Crown corporations | CBC News
Workers at seven Saskatchewan Crown corporations are on strike this morning.
It’s
one of the largest public sector strikes in years and affects around
5,000 employees from SaskTel, SaskPower, SaskEnergy, SaskWater, the
Water Security Agency and two SaskTel subsidiaries.
Four Million Join Global #ClimateStrike, with Next Walkout Set for September 27 – The Energy Mix
The image of three climate protesters in Germany, standing at a gallows on blocks of ice in the shadow of Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate, may have been the most searing of the many thousands of images that coursed through online channels, after an estimated four million youth and their supporters took part in at least 2,500 #ClimateStrike events around the world Friday.