kEiThZ
Superstar
When the TTC operators and the Police got their contracts, I argued it was too generous. And I have long maintained that Council should not have voted themselves a cost-of-living increase in the midst of a recession. So naturally, it is now going to be really hard to convince the last guy in line that he has to take the fall because everyone ahead of him took a bigger piece of the pie. In the end, the city will have to cave in to the union's demands. There is no way they can ask for 0% and 1% when everyone else got 3%. Even the pols at 2.4% got more in a year than they are giving the union in 2 and they aren't even willing to give the money back.
Now if they really want to cut costs they are going to have look outside wage negotitations. They are going to have neutralize the bankable sick days and they are going to have to look at privatizing some services. That's the only way the city can balance its books. And hopefully, the city will be prepared for a tough round with the cops and the bus drivers the next time around. If it wants to cap or scale back the payroll it has to start with those two unions not the trash collectors and paper pushers.
And they really should start cutting Council budgets or at least freezing them. I would like to see Council tie their increases to a blended rate of what they give the city's employees.
Now if they really want to cut costs they are going to have look outside wage negotitations. They are going to have neutralize the bankable sick days and they are going to have to look at privatizing some services. That's the only way the city can balance its books. And hopefully, the city will be prepared for a tough round with the cops and the bus drivers the next time around. If it wants to cap or scale back the payroll it has to start with those two unions not the trash collectors and paper pushers.
And they really should start cutting Council budgets or at least freezing them. I would like to see Council tie their increases to a blended rate of what they give the city's employees.
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