UCP wants to reduce public sector wages by 2 per cent: finance minister

The provincial government is looking to reduce public sector wages by two per cent when negotiations start in December. After months of delaying negotiations with Alberta's 180,000 public sector workers, the UCP is ready to go to the bargaining table with a clear objective in mind. “We cannot ask Alberta taxpayers to fund public-sector pay raises during a time when far too many workers in the private sector have lost their jobs and many others have seen significant pay cuts in recent years