Officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service are continuing to fight for a long-awaited pay hike and it appears that wait is far from over.
More than 130 officers who patrol 37 remote communities haven't had a raise since 2008.
Back in July, an arbitrator's decision gave them an 11.8 per cent pay hike. It meant a first class constable would see their salary jump from around $78,000 a year to $87,000. The NAPS board was given 90 days to find that money, plus a retroactive payout dating back to January 2014.
But PSAC Local 401 president Jason Storkson, who represents NAPS officers, said rather than receiving those raises, they were instead hit with a major setback after an appeal overturned the Canadian Labour Board decision.
"The Ontario Labour Relations Board basically took the arbitration and all the negotiating work from the last six years and flushed it down the toilet and we have to start from scratch again," he said.
Storkson said right now, it looks like if anything is going to change, it will come through new legislation regarding First Nations officers.
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