CUPE Vote Continues Today
Today marks the second of two days of voting on the package. The details of the offer have not been made public.
The vote is being supervised by the Labour Relations Board.
On the eve of the first day of voting, the City released details on a survey it had conducted in early November. While saying the survey was part of the 2014 budget consultation process, the $14,700 survey posed questions specific to the contract negotiations and the respondents views of CUPE workers’ current wages. In fact, in the summary presented to City Council, 3 of the 5 survey “findings” highlighted, had to do with employee wages or the contract negotiations.
The CUPE locals, 1048 and 399, have been without a contract since the end of last year.
The previous offer was for a three year contract with no wage increase in years one and two, and 2% in year three.
Comments
$14700 for a survey of 301 that’s over $48 per phone call – another waste of money by city hall.
You have to ask yourself why they did not also pose the same questions about exempt wage rates…..
This will be very close I think – there are alot of die hard ‘fight to the death’ members but they are offset by alot of average common sense folks who realize there is near zero public support and spending Christmas on a picket line would suck…
Our illustrious Mayor was on CKPG telling everyone while nodding to her hearts content that city hall was standing firm… we will see
Don’t fool yourself Interceptor….I have spoken to hundreds of people both directly and off handed as this subject is the talk of the town and the support is behind the workers…City hall has cut their own throat by pissing off literally every group or sector. The employer side of the table is so heavy in salaries, benefits and decisions resulting in wasted millions and questionable ethics and this week tops it all with the BS phone scam. The union side salaries at the table is but a pittance in comparison and that includes the ‘big Union Reps’. This theme continues in the everyday world.
Mayor Green you are a massive Joke. Admin needs to be razored….a lifetime of running their little empire and sucking the public tit dry….Soltis et ‘al, IMHO.
Where is the rest of council on this? Your mouth was voted in, along with the rest of you. Time to rein in your so called Leader and use whatever influence or gumption you have left.
If the city was truly broke…which it isn’t, they have used the old nugget of creating a crisis where there isn’t one to instil fear and maintain control with an easy ‘out’ for everything other than for their own little playground, then I might buy a bit of what they are selling. However, this round of bargaining is all about killing the workers’ spirit, squashing the pesky union and about egos. It is unethical and mean spirited and a total waste of time and money.
Just like everything else this mayor and council has touched.
Interesting – I agree its the talk of the town but the people I talk to sure do not have any sympathy for the workers. I guess I run in a different crowd ;)
ps – thats not to say the city has many friends either…
The City unfortunately has weakened its’ position at the bargaining table with their one-sided public opinion survey regarding CUPE wages. Talk about a lesson of how not to negotiate in good faith.
Anyone wanna take bets on outcome?
My guess: 60-70% rejection vote, ie. “Let’s go on strike!”
Then again, that’s roughly the margin I expected the NDP to win by, so I guess my perception has a notable pro-labour bias.
Almost everyone I know at City Hall is against the City’s offer, though my circles are rather biased towards Corporate Services.
Just finished watching the CKPG news on PVR and the mayor just said (paraphrasing)
“if they vote the offer down, council will have to make a decision, and the taxpayer will have to pay more”
Is she for real?
Comments for this article are closed.