Mar 042013
CUPE study based on Stats Can data.
from the Canadian Union of Public Employees
The Fraser Institute's series of reports attacking public sector workers and wages ignores previous research countering their ideological bias, says CUPE.
CUPE economist Toby Sanger's report, Battle of the Wages utilizes date from Statistics Canada and analyzed similar jobs in the public and private sectors.
This report, based on Statistics Canada data, shows that the difference in wages for similar jobs in the public and private sectors is miniscule.
The Fraser Institute reports do not take occupation categories into account, comparing the pay of doctors with retail store clerks, says CUPE. The wages of police officer, firefighter, teacher or nurse is compared with the wages of security guards and restaurant servers with the same age, gender and other demographic characteristics.
Wage differences identified in CUPE's report can be explained by the pay gap between men and women, according to CUPE. In the public sector, women are paid more than women in the private sector. Average public sector pay for men in similar jobs is lower than the private sector.
About Canadian Union of Public Employees
With 618,000 members across Canada, CUPE represents workers in health care, education, municipalities, libraries, universities, social services, public utilities, transportation, emergency services and airlines.
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