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A tale of 2 Toronto locals
Outside workers ratify deal while inside workers launch job action
BY SABRINA NANJI
FOR CONTRACT negotiations
with municipal workers in To-
ronto, it would seem like a tale of
two cities.
In late February, negotiations
that began in the fall between
the City of Toronto and the Ca-
nadian Union of Public Employ-
ees (CUPE) Local 416 — which
represents about 6,000 outside
workers — turned up a four-year
collective agreement that was rat-
ified unanimously by city council
and accepted by the membership.
However, negotiations between
CUPE 79 — which represents
about 20,000 inside workers — hit
an impasse and led to a work-to-
rule campaign that is still ongoing.
March 7, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
Failure to follow reporting procedure leads to firing pg. 8
North West Community Care Access Centre pg. 3 Progressive Waste
Solutions pg. 3 Halifax Port Authority pg. 4 Clarke Transport pg. 4 North
60 Petro pg. 5 Toronto Terminals Railway Company pg. 5 World Ship
Services pg. 6 Brand Energy and Infrastructure Solutions pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Mark
Blinch
(Reuters)
pg. 2
Volunteer paramedic
station unionizes
Ontario's Wolfe Island
paramedic station
ratifies agreement
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Arbitration > pg 6
Toronto Mayor John Tory called the deal signed with outside workers fair, but negotiations with inside
workers have yet to produce a collective agreement.
see Local > pg. 7
Toronto amalgamation
complicates vacation
for hydro worker
A TORONTO Hydro employee
will not be given the extra week of
vacation he thought he was enti-
tled to, an arbitrator has decided.
Ron Fowler, a certified power
line worker at Toronto Hydro,
filed a grievance alongside the
Canadian Union of Public Em-
ployees (CUPE) after he received
25 days of vacation as opposed to
SECURITY SERVICES
Corps Canadien
des Commissionnaires
Provincewide, Quebec
(100 security guards) and the Fédération des
Employées et Employés de Services Publics
Renewal agreement: Effective
March 1, 2015, to April 30,
2017. Signed on April 13, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Effective June 28, 2015: 45¢
Effective June 26, 2016: 45¢
