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Jun 24 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
#StarExclusive: Toronto is reviewing what it pays city lifeguards after their union said below-standard wages are contributing to an aquatics staff shortage that has cancelled lessons for 1,140 swimmers. torstar.co/YsjH50JH34F
Toronto pays lifeguards $17.21 an hour, while swim instructors get $17.80 per hour. Lifeguard pay hasn’t kept up with inflation; it was $14.55 in 2011 and $13.71 in 2008. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
“Our pay really hasn’t gone up that much and it’s not really worth being a lifeguard right now,” says Annika Kapral, who decided not to return for another summer at a city pool. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/… Image
The city of St. Catharines last year boosted lifeguard starting pay to $18.64 an hour to attract more staff and has not had to cancel swim lessons, the St. Catharines Standard reported. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
Governments across North America are struggling to staff pools after the COVID-19 pandemic shut lifeguard training programs.

Some people qualified to lifeguard moved on to other jobs while pools were closed and have not returned. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…

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