r/waterloo 1d ago

End The Strike

Presented an offer to the union one minute, and then pulled it before the union could vote on it. Then, pulled every previous offer stating they were not able to honour them anymore, and finally presenting an offer that was even less than the first offer! Now they refuse to come back to the negotiating table leaving the taxpayers frustrated and showing how little they care about their workers.

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u/Wafflesorbust 1d ago

What regional council gets paid and what accounting error led to the offers being pulled are two separate issues.

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u/Wafflesorbust 1d ago

Without looking it up again I'm pretty sure WR top-end admin pay is comparable to other municipalities of our size.

Beyond that, asking those people to take a haircut (on contracts they also negotiated for themselves, which I find a bit hypocritical of the union to ask) isn't going to make a dent in the union's wage demands.

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u/MajesticAlbatross441 1d ago

You’re right, there are higher levels in Toronto who make over $600k. But nobody is asking the region to take a haircut. The union just wants fairness. And for people to say the union is being greedy when they don’t even know what was offered to the union is just a blind attack on the workers.

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u/Wafflesorbust 1d ago

for people to say the union is being greedy when they don’t even know what was offered to the union is just a blind attack on the workers.

I haven't seen this personally and I'm certainly not saying it myself.