Workers to picket city hall over management pay
Unions representing around a thousand city workers are objecting to significant raises proposed for senior staff.
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Unions representing around a thousand city workers are objecting to significant raises proposed for senior staff.
It’s become clear a final decision on a proposed indoor turf sports facility won’t happen until the next term of council, city leaders say.
The president of Soccer Northwest says he hopes Thunder Bay, Ont., city council will decide to move forward with a proposed indoor turf facility in Chapples Park rather than delay it further.
The City of Thunder Bay has declined to comment on details of a salary band adjustment that will see some managers receive raises as high as 12 per cent this year.
Some city councillors criticized the $10.9 million surplus the city posted in 2021 as excessively large, leading a failed push to return some of those funds directly to tax payers.