Health & Fitness
10 City Pools Not Opening Next Week, One Councilmember Blames Low Pay For Lifeguards
It may be because the pay is too low. Now City Council is trying to find more money to pay their lifeguards.
June 11, 2021
It may be hot and humid outside, but Pittsburgh is only opening eight of its eighteen pools next week. The reason: they don’t have enough lifeguards.
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It may be because the pay is too low. Now City Council is trying to find more money to pay their lifeguards.
The Sue Murray Pool in Allegheny Commons is one of the pools that will be opening next week, but ten others will not. And it’s not just a shortage of lifeguards. The city is having trouble hiring maintenance people too.
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