Wall says 3.5 per cent cut to compensation costs for Saskatchewan workers
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says the government is cutting compensation costs across the public sector by about 3.5 per cent in the coming fiscal year, but unions say the move is an attack on workers.
Wall said Tuesday that he expects the savings to come through negotiations with unions.
The government won’t prescribe any specific measures, such as forcing workers to take unpaid days off, he said.
“We’re not negotiating the target. We’ve set it. We want to achieve 3.5 per cent worth of savings and now we want to allow the collective bargaining process to work its way through to achieving that target,” Wall said at the legislature in Regina.