Hundreds rally at Saskatchewan legislature against public sector wage cuts
REGINA — Chants of “no ifs, no buts, no public sector cuts” rang out on the front steps of the Saskatchewan legislature Wednesday as several hundred people rallied against the government.
There was a giant yellow and black sign that said “The cuts end here” and black coffins with the label “Workers rights & benefits.”
The protest comes one day after Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall said the government is cutting compensation costs across the public sector by 3.5 per cent in the coming fiscal year, which starts in April.
Dennel Pickering, a health care aide in Saskatoon who ran for the NDP in 2016, says the pay cut will hurt her family.