Rae Days were a nickname for a 1993 initiative by Ontario Premier Bob Rae that forced civil servants to take unpaid days of leave. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Robert Keith (Bob) Rae PC, OC, OOnt, QC (born August 2, 1948 in Ottawa, Ontario) was the 21st premier of Ontario, and the first to represent the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP)in that role. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Ontario in the early 1990s was in a deep recession and the government had a fairly large deficit. In 1993 the deficit was up to $12 billion annually and appeared as though it would soon grow to $17 billion. The government of the time was the socialist NDP led by Bob Rae. Rae asked for $2 billion in wage cuts within the civil service, and asked the public sector unions to work together with the government to implement the cuts. The two largest unions, OPSEU and CUPE, both boycotted the talks. This left the government with the only action it believed was available, and that was to act unilaterally. Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... A budget deficit occurs when an entity (often a government) spends more money than it takes in. ... The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... The Ontario New Democratic Party (formerly known as the Ontario Cooperative Commonwealth Federation) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. ... The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is Canadian trade union serving the public sector though it has, in recent years, organized workplaces in the non-profit and para-public sector as well. ...

A major part of the government's initiative was to allow the civil service employers to force their employees to take up to twelve days of unpaid leave. This included every worker from teachers, to nurses, to accountants, but excluded workers who earned less than $30,000 annually. The initiative was extremely unpopular and lead to a long war of words between the NDP and their former labour allies. This contributed a great deal to the NDP's defeat in 1995 to the Progressive Conservatives under Mike Harris who then laid off 16,000 public sector workers In education, teachers are those who teach students or pupils, often a course of study or a practical skill. ... A nurse is a health care professional, who is engaged in the practice of nursing. ... Accountancy (British English) or accounting (American English) is the process of maintaining, auditing, and processing financial information for business purposes. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party of Ontario) is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. ... Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ...

Rae Days were successful in their original aims however: the government saved $1.95 billion and prevented public employee layoffs. They were also popular among some sections of the population, such as school children who got two weeks of March Break that year. Spring Break Spring break is a week-long recess from studying in early spring at universities in the United States. ...