As public sector workers, CUPE members understand how important the services we provide are to our communities. And we also see many of our employers – whether they’re local governments, boards of education or universities – looking at the possibility of privatizing these services.
Our employers are too often taken in by arguments that privatizing services will be more efficient, will save money and will be more innovative. Instead, there is growing evidence that privatizing services actually costs more in the long run and provides less service to the public.