“There’s no reason for them to expect less. There’s no reason for them to put up with disrespect in the working workplace. So our message is that workers demand better.' yyc
“There’s a moment in Canada right now, not just in Alberta, where workers are saying, ‘We want better. We want better schools. We want better governance. We want better social services,’” Gill said.Members of the Health Services Association of Alberta took part in the demonstration, the day after talks with Dynalife were said to have broken down.
“That work life balance piece is a massive piece in the current labour market. Our employees are showing that they need that work-life balance, they’re demanding that work life balance,” Alex Creamer, chair of the PSAC Calgary-area council said.“And in order for the public service to stay competitive and to be able to maintain our level of standard of employment and our level of service to Canadians, we need to attract good candidates.
“We’re kind of in this moment where I think, historically, we haven’t seen sort of high inflation and crises affecting people’s pocketbooks in the way they are right now,” Smith told Global News, saying the “recipe” is there for heightened union activity.“The one sort of light at the end of the tunnel might be as inflation keeps falling, wage demands will be different over time. There is a bit of a correlation historically between periods of high inflation and higher periods of labour unrest.
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