Civil Servants and Liberal Government

Liberal government: The cash-strapped Liberal government announced late Tuesday that civil servants would have to work longer to qualify for retirement benefits, as well as pay more for those benefits, according to 660 News. Now the which represents about 35,000 members, is seeking legal advice on whether the government can make these new changes unilaterally and Premier Kathleen Wynne blindsided tens of thousands of civil servants by suddenly announcing major changes to their retirement benefits without consulting their union first, a public-sector union leader said Wednesday. Warren Smokey Thomas, head of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, said they would have been more than willing to negotiate with the government as they have done in the past over pensions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.