Indeed clerks are ruling the world. More about strike below: (Damn, I hate to see this)idima said:Here is my 50 cents for our analysis fish tank.
Although I am not so blessed with analytical skills as some of other members here and too lazy to draw good-looking charts and graphs ,
I have a hunch that pace at which CIC Sydney processing our applications is about
10 per day
more than 10 officers are doing this titanic and meticulous job,
much more are moving and tossing our papers between different cabinets (according our spreadsheet, at least 13 different people are dealing with mail and put their signatures on carriers receipts)
all of these clerks have very nice salary and benefits, but ironically they most probably not satisfied with it, and ready to go on strike, because some other luckier clerks in another office have bigger salary and better benefits. And this is just not fair. ;D
So to make it Right and Fair they are ready to screw tens of thousands of students who are supposed start their education in Canada, screw many thousands of other people who were planning to visit their family members, businessmen who were planning to do business with Canada, tourists, immigrants who were planning to start a new life in Canada and many other people who cannot get their visas and have to make changes in their plans and lives now.
Clerks are ruling the world. ;D
In light of the severe and mounting losses this labour dispute is inflicting on the Canadian economy, PAFSO is asking the PSLRB to hear our case as quickly as possible. We are also asking the PSLRB to order both sides to enter into binding arbitration.
PAFSO’s complaint was filed pursuant to Section 190(1)(b) of the Public Service Labour Relations Act (Failure to comply with Section 106: Duty to bargain in good faith). The PSLRB is an independent quasi-judicial tribunal responsible for administering collective bargaining and grievance adjudication in the federal public service and in Parliament.
Source:http://www.pafso.com/news_releases.php?newsID=161