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Businesses want more equal compensantion between public, private workers: survey
VANCOUVER/CKNW AM(980)
Alison Bailey Email news tips to alison.bailey@corusent.com
9/26/2012

The Coalition of BC Businesses hopes the Union of BC Municipalities will take note of a recent survey.

The poll found most respondents – 90 percent – want compensation for public employees to be in line with what private sector workers receive for the same jobs.  

Another 86 percent said the pay and benefits for government employees are generally higher than for private sector employees.

Coalition chair Mark von Schellwitz says a third majority would support setting up a non-partisan board to even out the compensation.

"We found that our small business members really do support public sector pay equity. Their taxes are going up all the time to pay for what often are inflated salaries at municipal level in particular, and that's limiting their ability to actually give their employees a pay raise as well."

More than 600 small businesses were surveyed.

Mayors from all over the province are gathered in Victoria for the annual UBCM convention.


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  1. DeceitinDrugsD posted on 09/26/2012 12:00 PM
    One has to just look at the salary increases of the
    City Manager and senior staff in the municpality of
    Abbotsford.

    Those are the city employees, who the taxpayer is
    paying thru the nose for not the employye beneath
    them.
  2. DeceitinDrugsD posted on 09/26/2012 12:00 PM
    One has to just look at the salary increases of the
    City Manager and senior staff in the municpality of
    Abbotsford.

    Those are the city employees, who the taxpayer is
    paying thru the nose for not the employye beneath
    them.
  3. DeceitinDrugsD posted on 09/26/2012 12:00 PM
    One has to just look at the salary increases of the
    City Manager and senior staff in the municpality of
    Abbotsford.

    Those are the city employees, who the taxpayer is
    paying thru the nose for not the employye beneath
    them.
  4. BCSkulker posted on 09/26/2012 04:26 PM
    Comment for triple D:
    The over-bloated salaries of the ruling elite bureaucrats certainly has to be and must be addressed by those who are their cash cows. Mooo!

    I can't blame one of "those beneath them" looking at the salary increases of the ruling elite and demanding the same. However, the "beneaths" form a much larger portion of the total tax bill than do the senior staff. The "beneaths" also are (generally) being paid way more than those in the private sector that are paying their salaries and benefits. The bill for supporting the "beneaths" is simply becoming unaffordable and unsupportable for the average taxpayer.

    Further, the average taxpayer sees (generally) a poor work ethic and incompetence from many of the "beneaths" and their bosses. On top of it they are tired of hearing the whining about hard the "beneaths" work; especially when many are living day-to-day and working their buns off.

    Most of the "beneaths" are already living a life style that the majority of taxpayers can't afford; yet the "beneaths" still keep whining. For the most part we (the non elite and non "beneaths" taxpayers) are simply tired of supporting this behaviour and life style; especially when are being told we have to cough up yet more in taxation. Enough already! Let's bring on the tea party (Boston style that is).
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