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May 30, 2016

The 18th round of negotiations on a secret deal to limit public oversight over the services economy starts this week at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, and negotiators will have a new item on their agenda: how to deal with the onslaught of leaks of proposals that were supposed to remain locked away in secret until five years after the deal was concluded or abandoned.

the government has eliminated successor rights for cafeteria, janitorial and security employees in government-owned buildings

Successor rights allow employees to keep their jobs as well as their union, collective agreement, wages, seniority and benefits when a new contractor takes over their work. By removing these rights only for cafeteria, janitorial and security staff the Saskatchewan Party is telling workers in these fields that they don’t even deserve the relatively meager wage they currently receive.

With the current rules, unionized cleaners, security and food service staff in public institutions usually make $12-17 an hour and receive some benefits.

01 May 2014

Joanna Heath Snapshot Singles earning over $88,000 and families on more than $176,000 should be forced into private insurance in place of Medicare.  Co-payments for all Medicare services, including GP visits.  Deregulation of private insurance. The middle class would be forced to cover their own health costs and Medicare would be left as a basic safety net under the commission of audit’s plan, cleaving universal healthcare in two. In a comprehensive outline of the “user pays” principle applied to health, the audit recommended the introduction of patient payments for all ­Medicare services and emergency department visits, a hike in patient ­contributions for subsidised drugs, and an end to free medicines for concession card holders.