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‘Make good on your word,’ Mr. Trudeau CIVIL SERVANTS
Union ads turn PM’s election promises against him
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The largest union representing federal workers is ramping up its campaign against the Liberal government, turning the prime minister’s words against him. The print and radio advertisements paid for by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) are hoping to use Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise of a revamped relationship with civil servants to prod the Liberals to change collective bargaining tactics. The campaign is scheduled to launch Monday and the print ads are addressed to Trudeau with “you said you’d be different” emblazoned across the top and the words, “make good on
your word” at the bottom. The ads also include wording from Trudeau’s open letter to federal bureaucrats telling them that his government wanted a different kind of relationship with the hundreds of thousands federal civil servants, many of whom felt under siege with the previous Conservative government. “It has been a year since the election. The tone has changed, but it’s now time for action,” said PSAC national president Robyn Benson. Contract talks with PSAC have dragged on for more than two years, with negotiators returning to the bargaining table late last month for the first time in nearly three months. Treasury Board of Canada, which bargains on behalf of the government, signalled in June that it was not prepared to back away from proposed changes to sick leave for about 90,000 workers. THE CANADIAN PRESS