Civil Circles

Time for party leaders to step up, show who’s going to be the best for public servants

Federal and public sector workers need a government that is on their side, and one that will not hesitate to push back against employers who are trying to keep workers rights in the 1800s.

Members of the Union of Taxation Employees march to the Prime Minister’s Office to deliver thousands of petitions from workers at the Canada Revenue Agency urging the government to replace the Phoenix pay system with the Corporate Administrative System on Sept. 28, 2018. The agonizing toll a disastrous pay system has had on public service workers, writes Amy Kishek. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY AMY KISHEK

August 28, 2019

OTTAWA—Many historians trace Labour Day celebrations back to the Nine Hour Movement, an international mobilization effort begun in 1872 to bring about standardized nine-hour working days. From this flowed the early legal rights that made unionization and organizing possible. Today, workers contin...

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