... In the last round of bargaining, which straddled the pandemic and a surge in the rate of inflation, the New Democrats granted increases of about 14 per cent over three years. (One per cent costs about $400 million a year.).
This time inflation has cooled, the budget is deeply in the red, the private sector is faltering, and the premier barely escaped the election with his majority intact.
On that basis, the New Democrats are hoping the unions will curb their expectations in the coming bargaining round. The unions may have other ideas, judging from this week’s BCGEU bargaining bulletin ...
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