The airwaves have been inundated with Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) messages asking British Columbians to vote yes or no to abolish the HST.

 The Telecommunications Workers Union (TWU) fully supports its union sisters and brothers from across B.C. who know that the HST is all about supporting big business and not about creating new jobs.

In the article “Creating Jobs Is Biggest HST Con Job Yet”, which appeared in The Tyee, an independent daily online magazine (http://thetyee.ca/), Jim Sinclair, B.C. Federation of Labour President, tackles the HST issue head on.

Sinclair says, “Government and corporations have spent millions telling us the HST is really about creating new jobs and we should support it for that reason.” He continues, “All told, big B.C. companies will pay $2 billion less in sales taxes each year, every year, with the shortfall made up by families and individuals paying the HST.”

To read the full article, please go to:

http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2011/07/06/HSTConJob/

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