Arbitration ruling means the City of Kitchener will have to pay some top ranking fire officials more

An arbitration ruling means the City of Kitchener will have to pay some top ranking fire officials more.

The ruling states the Chief must make 20% more then a Platoon Chief while Deputy Chiefs need to earn 10% more.

Michael Goldrup is Director of Human Resources with the City and was a guest on the Eric Drozd show and says arbitration rulings don’t take into account a city’s ability to pay.

Goldrup says the city is working with the association of municipalities of Ontario to push the province to review the arbitration’s system.

“It is causing a pressure on municipalities who have to look to fund higher settlements then any other union that works, that exists at the city.”

He says for example firefighters received a raise this year of 2.7-3% while other unionized staff received a 1.35% raise.

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