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The @bcndp needs to back their rhetoric with action.

If they’re truly a "worker’s party" then they must stop contracting out the delivery of public services to for-profit corporations that nickel-and-dime workers. 1/ #FraserValley #bcpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
CUPE561 workers are striking for a pension plan, more regular scheduling practices & a 32% wage increase to put them on par with other transit workers in neighbouring areas.

If First Transit can’t “afford” fair compensation then they should not be operating in BC. 2/ #bcpoli
Delivery of a public service, fair compensation of labour, and making a profit run contrary to one another.

This is why government should not contract the delivery of public goods like public transportation, healthcare, or social work to for-profit companies. 3/3 #bcpoli
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We’re calling on the @bcndp to put an end to the outsourcing of essential public operations to for-profit corporations, and ensure that public workers in BC receive a #livingwage.

As things stand, workers are being nickeled and dimed. 1/ #bcpoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
The ongoing transit strike in the #FraserValley is a reminder of the importance of government responsibility for public services.

When government hands over operations of a public service to for-profit companies, it's the workers who pay the price. 2/ #bcpoli
Bus drivers in the #FraserValley are paid 32% less than their counterparts in neighboring regions.

Working long standby hours for less than $3 an hour, with no pension plan.

They are underpaid and overworked, and they are now on the picket line asking for fair wages. 3/ #bcpoli
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Transit staff in the #FraserValley have been on strike for 7 weeks.

These workers are underpaid & overworked by a private company the @bcndp have outsourced to provide an essential public service.

Their employer hasn't stepped up to negotiate & the gov't is silent. 1/ #bcpoli
Fraser Valley residents are frustrated, but they understand the plight of CUPE 561.

Drivers in the region make 32% less than those in neighboring areas.

They work long standby hours making less than $3/hour. They have no pension plan. 2/ #bcpoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
This is what happens when governments outsource public services to for-profit corporations without safeguards.

Although the buses are owned by #BCTransit, they are in fact operated by a private company – and that company is nickel and diming its workers. 3/ #bcpoli @cupenat
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