City shares details of latest offer
By BRYN WEESE, SUN MEDIA
Talk about a calculated move.
Just as city paramedics were announcing greater support for the strike, and unions clamped down on residents trying to drop off their trash, Toronto Mayor David Miller went public with what he calls the city's "fair and reasonable offer."
The move was made at City Hall this morning. Miller said it was to let Torontonians and the union members know what the union is turning down.
The city's most recent offer, tabled yesterday morning, includes a 1% increase this year and next, and a 2 and 3% increase in the last two years of the contract respectively.
The city is also offering to buy out employees of their banked sick days.
The maximum payout would be 100% wages for 130 days.
"We cannot and should not agree to a settlement that's not affordable," Miller warned.
He said the two unions have so far been "unrealistic" in their demands, which include a more than 3% wage increase in each year of the contract.
When asked why Miller had finally decided to go public with the city's offer and what the unions were asking for, he said, "Torontonians are entitled to know what's at issue."
"I am hopeful that we'll see some movement from the unions," he said.
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