Challenging Ottawa to invest in frontline services: Make public services and social programs a priority in the Jan. 27 federal budget.
NUPGE

Ottawa (22 Jan. 2009) - As Canada’s first ministers gathered in Ottawa last week to discuss the growing economic crisis, frontline workers in health care, community-based social services and the justice system were urging the leaders to propose a federal stimulus package that invests in public services to protect vulnerable families and help stabilize the economy.  The frontline public sector workers, all members of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), met with Members of Parliament and Senators to talk about the need to make public services and social programs a priority in the next federal budget which will be tabled in the House of Commons on Jan. 27.