I work for my local Municipality in Ontario as a part timer. One thing that has been bothering me ever since I started is just how much the full timers are given while we get nothing. I don't blame the full timers at all, but rather the Municipality. Here are some of the things they get:
- Over $11 an hour more than part timers
- Full benefits
- Paid holidays off
- Vacation days that build up with time here
- Additional sick days
- The chance for free education
- Discount on services
- Membership to the Municipality union
And that isn't even everything, while part timers get none of that. At the beginning of the year the minimum wage in Ontario went up, and the union got a pay raise for the full timers, but us part timers are still making the same. Last week we had a 3 day event that made us all work harder than usual, and management rewarded the full timers with a lunch meanwhile for 2 of the 3 days it was nothing but part timers working! It's fucked up that 16 hours mean that we are worth this much less than other people.