Possible Strike Action by IRCC employees starting mid-April
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*UPDATE*
PSAC Response to TBS's Open letter:
https://psacunion.ca/psac-responds-minister-fortiers-open-letter
CPAC Interview with PSAC's National President:
Summary:
Last offer by PSAC with a compromise in demands was sent to the Gov. Sunday evening and they haven't heard anything back as of today.
So, they have not yet reached a deal as of today
PSAC Response to TBS's Open letter:
https://psacunion.ca/psac-responds-minister-fortiers-open-letter
CPAC Interview with PSAC's National President:
Summary:
Last offer by PSAC with a compromise in demands was sent to the Gov. Sunday evening and they haven't heard anything back as of today.
So, they have not yet reached a deal as of today
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Please tell us how you know nothing about security practices in the government while making up stuff... People have already explained in this thread how you can work from home securely like it has been happening for over several years now yet we keep seeing these stupid remarks repeated ad nauseum.
Please tell me how you are completely ignorant of computer security while saying stupid stuff on a public forum lol
This is the thing, PSAC demands are much more than public servants, it will set the standard for all companies in Canada to provide better wages to all Canadians. Your experience in the private sector is terrible judging by your comments - it's ok, obviously you haven't worked at good places where better professionals do - and hopefully a new agreement will set the tone for private sector to exploit less the workers in Canada.
I went to their r/CanadaPublicServants out of curiosity and it made me boil instantly. So much entitlement.
IRCC like many gov places are currently understaffed. Many people retired early in the pandemic leaving a vacuum of knowledge which is not easy to catch up to when hiring the ps is slow and you need training to process complicated files.
Newsflash!!!! People have been working from home since early in the pandemic. It's been years, not since you discovered this yesterday on this forum. Stop using this argument, it's embarrassing.
Was it more or less entitled than people here about their citizenship apps?
Not sure if you are a troll or an IRCC staff.
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/tags/public-and-private-compensation - Take a look here and then tell us again that we should feel sorry about the public sector workers.
Their demands would be completely ridiculized in the private sector, if asked, after the strike, if they accomplish their outcome. This strike means absolutely nothing to the private sector. No company would give you a 13.5% raise and then let you work from home, unless, maybe, you're in IT and you're a really REALLY GOOD employee that they can't afford to lose.
As IOI1984 said, "In the private sector, when you bring up inflation as the justification for your salary increase, you immediately lose your leverage, not to mention the respect in the eyes of your employer. Your hard work should be the grounds for a raise, not inflation.", and as I previously mentioned, the right thing would be for the taxpayers to vote on whether or not the public sector should have their wages increased since it's their money.
There are people here that have been waiting for more than 2 years to have their applications processed. People that exceeded the posted IRCC processing times. This means that SOMEONE is not doing their job
and not just in regard to citizenship applications, but all applications. My best friend's PR application took 3 years to be processed when the processing time on the website was 8 months. Every industry is understaffed at the moment, everyone experienced COVID-related economic problems, and everyone's dealing with high inflation. Yet, these guys that have been "working" from home in the last 3 years suddenly want more just because of inflation, "despite the fact that, in 2021, public-sector employees, at all levels of government, made 31.3 per cent more, on average, than workers in the private sector, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute. They also tend to receive more benefits, better pension plans and enjoy greater job security."
Excuse me if I have an opinion on this while my tax money is going into their pockets while they stay at home watching cat videos on TikTok.
And private sector give pay raise only for an year and not three years in advance. But you can have tax payers vote on such issues. Not many are properly informed about the subject. But as we saw even the vote to go on strike was not properly administered, so you cant vote on issues.
You don't have to agree or not with the demands of the union, that much we can all agree on. I also don't agree with a lower performance driven method to raises for example. For me, there are many things wrong with how things are done in the ps for sure.
But spreading common stereotypes and falsehoods is just not ok. For example, many companies offer work from home as standard nowadays for desk jobs, it's not for the elite or top performers, that's absolutely false. Now, if we want our tax dollars to be able to hire the best people in the market how can we remove any possible attractive measures and hope people stay in the ps?