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Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
(05-13-2022, 08:08 AM)Acitta Wrote:
(05-12-2022, 11:02 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Fundamentally it's about money. I don't have enough information to judge whether they are already fairly paid or not.

I read that in Vancouver, companies are having trouble getting construction workers because they 
because they can't afford to find housing in the city where the jobs are. Maybe the situation is similar here.

I would say that most union trades are fairly paid, a lot of individuals over paid for their skill levels. But some cases are asking a lot as far as increase over 3 years, from 9$ to 18$ in some cases. I think that most people would like a yearly 3$ raise such as a plumber will get, on top of his already over 40/hour rate. 
Life is getting more expensive, but asking for too much will just continue to drive up costs of construction. Its easy to ask for 15$ increase without really understanding everything, it isn't just that owners are "greedy".
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