"Unfortunately, these workers do all these important things not thanks to, but in spite of, the cabinet minister responsible for them.
Throughout the past year, Tony Clement, president of the Treasury Board, has attacked public sector workers with false accusations and misleading statistics. His latest attack has been on sick leave -- a basic right of workers, one that protects not only their health but also that of the public.
It's hard to take Clement's inflated sick leave ...statistics seriously, when they're clearly an effort to deflect attention from some truly painful numbers: for instance, a projected reduction of 67,000 jobs in Canada by 2017, a $150-billion increase in federal debt under the Conservative government, a 31 per cent increase in food bank use between 2006 and 2012, and a reduction of more than 22,000 positions in the federal public service."
- See more at: http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/2014/06/20/Public-Worker-Week/#sthash.9F4LfVVV.dpuf
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/2014/06/20/Public-Worker-Week/
Throughout the past year, Tony Clement, president of the Treasury Board, has attacked public sector workers with false accusations and misleading statistics. His latest attack has been on sick leave -- a basic right of workers, one that protects not only their health but also that of the public.
It's hard to take Clement's inflated sick leave ...statistics seriously, when they're clearly an effort to deflect attention from some truly painful numbers: for instance, a projected reduction of 67,000 jobs in Canada by 2017, a $150-billion increase in federal debt under the Conservative government, a 31 per cent increase in food bank use between 2006 and 2012, and a reduction of more than 22,000 positions in the federal public service."
- See more at: http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/2014/06/20/Public-Worker-Week/#sthash.9F4LfVVV.dpuf
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/2014/06/20/Public-Worker-Week/
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