Greenspace
Senior Member
CSU 52 has served the City and Library with strike notice today.
They could go on strike as early as Thursday.
They could go on strike as early as Thursday.
This comparison is wrong. The union took 0% in 2019 and 2020. The city’s “best” offer includes 0% in 2021, 1% in 2022, and 2% in 2023. So if you comparable apples to apples, council is 5.5% increase over the last 5 years vs a touch over 3% for the union.City admin is being offered 7.25% over 5 years.
City council, by comparison, has had around 5.5% wage increase in the past 5 years.
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I know this was a planned raise for them but, man, the optics look bad.Edmonton city council gets automatic 2.4% raise in 2024, mayor makes more than Alberta's premier
Mayor Amarjeet Sohi's base salary for 2024 is $216,585, up from $211,488 in 2023. City councillors' base salary is $122,363 up from $119,484.edmontonjournal.com
This comparison is wrong. The union took 0% in 2019 and 2020. The city’s “best” offer includes 0% in 2021, 1% in 2022, and 2% in 2023. So if you comparable apples to apples, council is 5.5% increase over the last 5 years vs a touch over 3% for the union.
I believe from the City of Edmonton. An average of 1.45% per year really doesn't sound so great, so I believe they are using the 5 year total to try make it sound better.Confusing. Where does the 7.25% over 5 years being reported come from?
I don't think what you're putting forward is quite apples to apples...This comparison is wrong. The union took 0% in 2019 and 2020. The city’s “best” offer includes 0% in 2021, 1% in 2022, and 2% in 2023. So if you comparable apples to apples, council is 5.5% increase over the last 5 years vs a touch over 3% for the union.
Yes this is a fair point. My numbers are from a top wage perspective I guess you could sayI don't think what you're putting forward is quite apples to apples...
A councilor's salary and the mayor's salary "are what they are". There is no moving from councilor step 1 to step 2 to step 3 to step 4 to step 5 to councilor step 6. likewise for the mayor.
The difference between a step 1 and a step 6 union salary can be 25% or more and those increments are available to individual union members even without an overall contract increases (i.e. they're available within a 0% contract increase). The only salaries that actually get frozen in a 0% increase would be those at step 6 on the scale.