Bargaining continued on Tuesday between the Ontario government and a union representing 55,000 education workers. The workers are education assistants, admin
Bargaining continued on Tuesday between the Ontario government and a union representing 55,000 education workers.Canadian Union of Public Employees workers are back on the job after a walkout.Ford said he’s glad both sides are at negotiations again Tuesday, a day after he promised to repeal legislation that imposed contracts on workers and the union agreed to end its walkout.
Ford didn’t get into details, but said the government is presenting a better offer, particularly for lower-income workers. However, he also cautions that any agreement with the education workers will have an impact on the four major teachers’ contracts also in bargaining and increases for CUPE could lead to “tens of billions of dollars” for increases to the teachers, and he needs to watch Ontario’s bottom line.
Ford says the government had previously offered a higher amount than what was in its original proposed contract, and he was “floored” that CUPE didn’t take it. The government had originally offered raises of two per cent a year for workers making less than $40,000 and 1.25 per cent for all others, and the four-year deal imposed by the soon-to-be-repealed law gave 2.5 per cent annual raises to workers making less than $43,000 and 1.5 per cent raises for all others.Ctrl+Enter
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