Striking workers racked up sick leave, vacation credits
As city services resume, we're learning that under the back-to-work agreement, the striking workers continued to rack up sick leave and vacation credits.
The Toronto Star says the return-to-work protocol were contained in a report that remained confidential until after Friday's council meeting adjourned.
Mayor David Miller's determination to curb the practice of banking sick time was one of the central issues of the strike.
City spokesman Kevin Sack said, Saturday, that granting vacation and sick pay credits for time spent on strike is "standard practice" in back-to-work agreements.
In the settlement that ended the strike, workers covered by the current sick leave plan can remain in it and continue to bank unused time. New hires will be covered by a short-term disability plan that doesn't allow them to bank time.
The mountains of garbage are shrinking at the temporary dump sites around Toronto, with officials hoping to have the job completed by Sunday night.
It will be a little while longer before the arenas and parks will be re-opened to the public.
The concrete arenas have to be cleaned, while in the parks, the soil has to be tested for contaminants including the chemicals used control pests during the strike.
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