KAWARTHA LAKES-Kawartha 411 News has learned that hundreds of municipal workers in the City of Kawartha Lakes will receive a 13.5 % wage increase over the next four years.
January 1, 2024Â – 4.0% General Wage increase to all wage rate
January 1, 2025 – 3.5% General Wage increase to all wage rates
January 1, 2026 – 3.0% General Wage increase to all wage rates
January 1, 2027 – 3.0% General Wage increase to all wage rates
CUPE represents over 500 workers in the municipality. That’s an increase of more than 100 employees since 2017. Members provide public services such as roads, maintenance, snow removal, parks, water and waste treatment, landfill, accounting, administrative, library, customer service, by-law enforcement, social services and others.
The staff have been without an agreement since December 31, 2023 and the pay increase of 4% will be retroactive to January 1, 2024, according to CUPE.
CUPE says there were other minimal changes to the language in the agreement but did not specify what those are.
