Town workers are asking for a salary increase, improvements in their living allowance, and retroactive pay to their last collective agreement, which expired in 1999. Workman said municipal employees haven't had a pay increase since 1993 and have been without a collective agreement since 1999. The Town says their demands are extreme. Our position is that it's not a fair increase. Matthews said that in order to meet the employee's demands it would have to cut some staff and services.
Strikes are always unfortunate.