Grand River Transit

[ijmorlan]

Lack or excess of supply of qualified applicants is a reasonable argument for raising or decreasing pay. But have we not heard from GRT for the past year that they cannot hire enough operators?

Indeed! And they’re not the only employer with low wages to complain that they can’t find workers.

It would be interesting if GRT eventually fixed their recruitment problem by acceding to the union’s demands. Of course it’s not that simple — raising wages now won’t instantly make more people have bus driving licenses. But it can be expected to cause some people to consider a change of career.