Public-sector Wage Freeze

• Contract talks between N.B. health-care workers, province hit another roadblock

  Talks have been stalled since Premier Blaine Higgs pitched a public sector wage freeze to union heads in December.

  Politics

  Feb 17, 2021
  
• N.B. government wage-freeze pitch ‘a slap in the face’: unions

  Premier Blaine Higgs is saying he will ask union locals to accept a year of no wage increases in any new contracts being negotiated.

  Politics

  Dec 12, 2020
  
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• Manitoba government plans to appeal ruling that quashed wage freeze

  The Manitoba government is appealing a court ruling that quashed a wage freeze for 120,000 public-sector workers.

  Aug 17, 2020
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• Manitoba’s public sector wage freeze bill violates Charter, court rules

  A Manitoba court has struck down key parts of a provincial government bill aimed at freezing the wages of public-sector workers.

  Politics

  Jun 11, 2020
• Province scraps plan to adjourn wage freeze court challenge

  The Manitoba government has backed off a plan to delay a court battle over its public-sector wage freeze.

  Politics

  Oct 17, 2019
• Province wants court challenge against wage-freeze bill adjourned

  The Manitoba government is asking a judge to shelve a court challenge launched by unions representing 110,000 workers over the province's public-sector wage freeze.

  Oct 7, 2019
• Ontario Power Generation to raise salaries by up to $8M, Metrolinx proposes CEO salary boost

  Ontario Power Generation says salaries for its executives are expected to rise by up to $8 million in the next few years as the provincial government lifts a public-sector wage freeze. Meanwhile, transit agency Metrolinx is proposing to boost its CEO's pay by up to $118,000, which would see him earn a maximum of $479,500.

  Canada

  Jan 31, 2017
• Ontario government wants colleges to scale back executive pay raises

  Ontario's cabinet minister in charge of post-secondary education is telling colleges to go back to the drawing board on executive pay raises, after some proposed hikes of 50 per cent.

  Education

  Jan 26, 2017