Sanders would improve relations between city, unions
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This article was published 02/10/2014 (4020 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Mayoral candidate David Sanders wants to improve relations between the City of Winnipeg and its unions.
The lawyer and former provincial bureaucrat said today if he’s elected mayor on Oct. 22, he would bring in budgets free of unpaid furloughs, attempts to clawback employee benefits or any other measures that would contravene collective bargaining agreements with the city’s roughly 9,000 employees.
Sanders also said he would avoid vacancy management or blanket budget-reduction targets, measures he criticized as hobbling city departments indiscriminately.
“Council needs to do the hard work of reviewing (budgets) rather than simply reducing them by five per cent across the board,” he said.
Sanders also said he would not support contracting the provision of any other city services without a financial rationale.
He described himself as the most union-friendly candidate, opining former NDP MP and MLA Judy Wasylycia-Leis does not deserve that label.
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Updated on Thursday, October 2, 2014 1:19 PM CDT: Corrects typo