Government documents released by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees show the government is set to chop more than 6,000 employees from their payroll.
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November 29, 2019
Government documents released by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees show the government is set to chop more than 6,000 employees from their payroll.
Union president Guy Smith is expected to hold a press conference Monday in Edmonton to address the cuts.
But late Friday afternoon the union released letters from the government explaining what it was going to do.
In a letter to Smith, Public Service Commissioner Tim Grant said there will be no layoffs until March 20.
“Beginning April 1, the GoA will use all options available under the collective agreement to ensure government is on track to implement key priorities and support the government’s path to balance by 2022-23,” wrote Grant.
He said 2,500 public service jobs could be impacted over those years.
Grant said the cuts would come across numerous departments including financial services, agriculture and forestry, community and social services, seniors and housing and Service Alberta.
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