Public Service Alliance of Canada BC

Delegates to the BC Federation of Labour Convention have once again stood in Solidarity with PSAC members and federal government workers. Yesterday afternoon delegates passed the following resolution, which calls on the three opposition parties to defeat Harper’s anti-worker, undemocratic legislation, bring down the government and form a coalition government to pursue economic policies that support workers facing difficult economic times.

Recent news reports indicate the opposition got part of the message: read more for the text of Emergency Resolution #8.

BECAUSE the Harper government today announced its intention to respond to the economic crisis on the backs of working people by cutting public services by $2 billion at a time when Canadians need these programs the most; and

BECAUSE the Harper government will auction off $2.3 billion worth of public assets at fire sale prices; and

BECAUSE the Harper government has in the same economic statement announced its intention to rollback legally negotiated wage increases and arbitral awards of its own employees, arbitrarily limit future increases to 1.5 percent and extend collective agreements until 2011; and

BECAUSE the Harper government has stripped workers of the Constitutional right to free collective bargaining and the right to strike, contrary to the Supreme Court of Canada; now

THE FEDERATION WILL call on the three opposition parties to defeat Harper’s
anti-worker, undemocratic legislation, bring down the government and form a coalition government to pursue economic policies that support workers facing difficult economic times.

Submitted by Executive Officers