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City workers reject contract offer |
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Written by Citizen staff
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
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"Clearly, the locals don't want to have a disruption in service and they don't think it's necessary," CUPE local 1048 president Carlene Keddie said. "We're not taking strike votes, we're not having that conversation, because at this time they're not necessary."
Instead, Keddie said city hall has been invited to return to the bargaining table after members voted 70 per cent on Tuesday night in favour of the negotiators' recommendation to reject the offer.
The main sticking point, said Keddie, is over the wage increase in the final year of a three-year contract. While the city is offering three per cent hikes in each year, the union wants three, three and four per cent.
"The local would like to see our members receive what other municipalities have received, which is three, three and four, and that's the dispute," Keddie said. "We're really proud of our history of not being on strike and we like to see resolution but we also firmly believe that our members are worth a pay increase that other members got."
The city's chief negotiator, corporate services director Kathleen Soltis, said city hall was disappointed but not surprised by the outcome.
"It's usual that union members will vote in the way that the bargaining team recommends and the bargaining team recommended rejection," she said.
In all, 325 of the 600 members of CUPE local 1048 (inside workers) and local 399 (outside workers) showed up to vote. The last contract expired at the end of 2007.
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