Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Resigns, prorogues legislature

[Pseudo Enigma]

Re: Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Resigns, prorogues legislature

oi what's all that stuff that was supposed to make the teachers strike? I don't pay attention, but all I know is that teachers were being forced to accept something from McGuinty and they didn't want to do extracurriculars because of it.

What's the deal with that now, is it going to change because of this?

[Cavernio]

Re: Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Resigns, prorogues legislature

My fiance, being in IT for the New Brunswick government, is not unioned and so he's been under a wage freeze for 2 years already, (maybe 3? been too long) going into another one presumably. He was supposed to get nominal increases every year, and he was supposed to have the opportunity to jump up that scale if his performance review is excellent. It sucks because the wage freeze was supposed to only be for management, (well, targeted at management,) people who make twice his salary.
It's ridiculous how much money they spend in order to save money. Like when they found out that there were 2 printers for every person working in the department of transportation, they decided that was way too many. So they got rid of all the old printers and bought far fewer new ones.
And in this big surge to improve efficiency, they hire outside office specialists to help out, giving helpful advice just like this, in very serious meetings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvpdr...eature=related
All the while they make my fiance make changes to the new inventory system because people bitch about it. Of course those changes make it easier for people to "lose track" of parts, undoing one of the reasons it was made.

[kommisar]

Re: Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Resigns, prorogues legislature

well i'm unionized and funded by the new brunswick provincial government, and I'm still victim of a wage freeze

[Dynam0]

Re: Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty Resigns, prorogues legislature

oi what's all that stuff that was supposed to make the teachers strike? I don't pay attention, but all I know is that teachers were being forced to accept something from McGuinty and they didn't want to do extracurriculars because of it.

What's the deal with that now, is it going to change because of this?

Basically, the Catholic schooling system 'negotiated' an agreement with the government on the wage/sick days freezes and new policy (ie. they're just taking it up the ass)

The public system however, after reading the 'agreement' that they really hadn't had a say in yet, found out that the new laws render them unable to strike for those 2 years or even negotiate Bill 115. This bill was basically passed without any prior negotiations or notification to the board, and the government is making it illegal to strike or even challenge the bill. The public school boards saw this and immediately made it a point that this goes against Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, so they're currently in a lawsuit with the government on the whole thing. Since teachers can't 'legally' strike right now, anything that isn't in their job description for what they get paid to do they simply aren't doing (ie. stopping all extra-curricular stuff, clubs, etc.)

Of course interpretations and implementations of this new 'law' vary dramatically across the province.