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No more layoffs
by Jeff Colbourne
NNSL (Mar 04/98) - Premier Don Morin promised Tuesday not to layoff any more government employees.
"In the last few years we have faced unprecedented change and challenge," said Morin.
"With cuts to federal transfers, we have had no choice to downsize, consolidate departments and reduce wages and benefits. We have decentralized and privatized some functions and transferred others to communities and boards. At the same time we have piled more work on fewer staff."
Through these changes, Morin said staff has remained energetic and committed and he wanted to express his appreciation.
"The time has come to stop the erosion of our staff resources. We need our workforce both in the East and the West more than ever as we face the challenges ahead," said Morin.
"It is time to provide some stability and certainty to these people. To that end I am pleased today to announce that for the remainder of its term, this government plans no more layoffs, either due to division or to department consolidations." |