Public service employment has grown by 31 per cent

[Remius]

I was in a non-federal PS.

There may, or may not, be some similarities .

Most vulnerable were management and non-union staff.

They were first to go.

Union members were protected by seniority rights, recall, and job protection from contracting out.

The so-called "frontline" union members, ie: those on 9-1-1 Operations were never laid off.

Can’t say for sure.

1000 EX cuts are part of this. Aiming for 40K total reductions over 3 years if I recall.

 

[mariomike]

Can’t say for sure.

1000 EX cuts are part of this. Aiming for 40K total reductions over 3 years if I recall.

Reminds me of something our boss, Mel Lastman said when he wanted to let union members of our union go,

They have jobs for life. I knew it was time to stop that. We tried to take it away from them because they had us by the balls. We fought like hell but couldn’t get rid of it. You don’t know what we had to go through. Try and fire them, you can’t.