It appears to me that the hourly minimum pay is $20.19 for a cleaner light duty and the max is $55.82 for a senior planner urban design as of December 31, 2008.
I wonder if my brake lines will be cut for posting this PDF?
For the record, this changes nothing, I am still very pro-union. I just wanted people to argue over actual documents, not opinions. If there is a document to support the Etobicoke garbage worker cost effectiveness, post it, otherwise it is just not worthy.
was previously posted, but you may have missed it.
when the City of Etobicoke contracted out the services, they city saved more money beyond just the average salary. The contracted services uses 1/2 the number of workers too !
Here's an article from 2007 about what happened when the City of Toronto decided to bring back garbage collection in-house for York.
http://www.owma.org/db/db2file.asp?fileid=523
Toronto STar article says contracted workers get about $18/hour and does a comparison of benefits, etc.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/655607
TURTLE ISLAND WASTE COLLECTORS
Pay: Varies depending on the kind of truck you drive and bonuses, workers say. One worker makes $23 an hour, while another said his base wage was $18 an hour, but that he typically makes around $21 with bi-weekly bonuses. Bonuses are based on how much weight he lugs and whether he gets to work on time.
Hours: Four-day week. One worker says he usually works 12-hour days.
Benefits: Include health care, dental and eye care.
Sick days: Unpaid. There are no bankable sick days.
Overtime: According to one worker, overtime pay does not begin until after 50 hours.
CITY OF TORONTO WASTE COLLECTORS
Pay: $25.11 an hour for drivers or loaders of solid waste, up 2.75 to 3.25 per cent annually since 2005.
Hours: Four 10-hour days a week.
Benefits: Extended health includes dental care, life insurance, eye care and physiotherapy.
Sick days: 18 sick days each year; unused days can be banked and cashed in on retirement, subject to certain limits.
Overtime: Time-and-a-half