Workers under attack, says District Labour Council president

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The head of the Thunder Bay and District Labour Council on Monday said he fears efforts at Queen’s Parks in recent years, along with pending legislation, show government taking an ant-worker stance, particularly in the public sector where nurses are held to a one per cent raise annually over the next three years.

“I think it’s going to be a very bad four years,” Santander-Maturna said, as the annual Labour Day Picnic opened at Current River Park. “If inflation is three per cent, you get three per cent. If inflation is eight per cent, you should get eight per cent … At one per cent every year, we’re actually losing seven per cent and our purchasing power is going to be affected.”

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