June 9, 2008
Get angry and speak out on June 19!
Our bargaining team members aren't the only people who were angered by Treasury Board's wage offer of 1.5% and 1.2%.
As your National President, I'm disgusted that the employer would show so little respect for the work that our members perform every day for Canadians across the country, in all walks of life.
Our members provide quality public services. All we expect is a fair increase that protects our purchasing power and provides fair compensation.
It's not that the government couldn't do better. The Treasury Board offer is a far cry from the settlement our Union negotiated just last fall with the Canada Revenue Agency.
Not only do our Treasury Board members have to put up with a dinosaur of a classification system that doesn't recognize the work they do, and outdated notions like regional rates of pay, they're now being offered increases that don't even match the increases in the cost of living.
Your bargaining team members and your elected officers are speaking out against the government's wage offer. But we need you to speak out too.
We're coming up to the one-year anniversary of the expiry date of most of our agreements with Treasury Board.
One year later and we still don't have a new collective agreement – just a miserable wage offer.
I urge all of you to participate in activities being planned for June 19. Look for information from your Local/Branch and from the PSAC regional office in your area.
We need to send a loud and strong message to this government that we expect and demand better. You're worth it!
In solidarity
John Gordon
National President
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