CUPE 4948
requests No
Board report
TORONTO — Negotiators for
the Canadian Union of Public
Employees (CUPE) Local 4948
requested the Ministry of La-
bour issue a "No Board" report
in its negotiations with the To-
ronto Public Library. A report
sets into motion a deadline by
which a lockout or strike could
take place.
The request was made in the
face of unproductive collective
bargaining, the union said.
According to the union, the
members are suffering from
some of the greatest levels of
part-time precarious work in
the city and, as a result, library
workers have limited access to
pensions or benefits.
"Library workers are what
make our library system so
exceptional," said CUPE 4948
president Maureen O'Reilly,
"but they can only do that when
they have good, stable jobs and,
right now, over half don't. It's
hurting our library system and
its largely female workforce
who come from diverse neigh-
bourhoods across Toronto."
CUPE 4948 said the Toronto
Public Library's proposals have
not addressed the issue of pre-
carious part-time work. If the
report is issued, the parties will
meet with the assistance of a
provincially appointed media-
tor prior to the lockout or strike
deadline.
The earliest possible date for
service disruption would be 17
days from the date the report is
issued.
CUPE 4948 represents 2,200
full- and part-time library
workers across Toronto.
Negotiations
between
Catholic
teachers,
school board
reach impasse
SUDBURY, ONT. — Nego-
tiations between the Sudbury
Catholic District School Board
in Ontario and its secondary
school teachers have reached an
impasse.
The teachers recently request-
ed a "No Board" report, which
indicates the parties are unable to
reach an agreement.
If a settlement is not reached,
a legal strike or lockout can be
launched as early as May 9.
The Ontario English Catho-
lic Teachers' Association — the
union representing the affected
teachers — requested the aid
of a conciliation officer in early
March after negotiations with the
school board failed to produce an
agreement.
The parties have been in
negotiations since November
2015.
This locally negotiated agree-
ment is the second part of the
teachers' collective agreement. It
accompanies the provincially ne-
gotiated 2014-2017 agreement,
ratified by the OECTA, the On-
tario Catholic School Trustees'
Association and the provincial
government.
The Sudbury Secondary Unit
of OECTA represents 152 mem-
bers in four secondary schools
and one adult educational
school.
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