Proposed contract would give Toronto Police officers significant pay boost
Posted May 5, 2011 6:19 pm.
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A tentative contract would provide a significant pay boost for Toronto Police officers, if ratified later this month.
The Toronto Police Services Board and the union, the Toronto Police Association, reached an agreement this week that would give members an 11.5 per cent pay increase over four years, making them the best-paid officers in the country.
“Mayor Rob Ford has caved to the Police Association,” city councillor Adam Vaughan told CityNews.
“We are now going to be paying hundreds of millions more for policing and have fewer officers on the streets. I’m not sure that’s what he promised tax payers when he ran for mayor,” Vaughan added.
The hike means annual pay for a first class constable would jump to $90,000 by the end of the contract, up from $81,000. Contracts are usually three-year terms, but a four-year limit was used this time around.
The approximately 7,600 officers and civilian members of the police union got their first look at the proposed contract Wednesday night and they’re expected to vote on the deal later this month.
The deal also includes vacation and benefits improvements.
“The only person I’ve heard complain about the deal is Adam Vaughan,” councillor Dough Ford countered.
“I find it ironic and very hypocritical when he gave the police a better deal when he sat on the police board the last time,” Ford, the mayor’s brother, added.
The current contract expired on Dec. 31, 2010.
