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Transit Strike is Over
Stephanie Kinsella with Steve Winogron
Thursday, January 29, 2009
As CFRA News was first to report, the OC Transpo strike is over.
Three reliable sources inside city hall and another union insider tell CFRA news that negotiators representing the striking drivers, mechanics and dispatchers have agreed to end the strike and to send all matters to binding arbitration -- including scheduling.
The union did not want the scheduling issue sent to binding arbitration, but pressed for the financial deal to go that route.
The city did not want the monetary matters resolved through arbitration unless the contentious scheduling issue was included.
Sources indicate the city will continue to press the federal government to ensure that federal safety regulations apply to drivers -- including an eight hour turnaround time between shifts. It is believed the resolution pre-empts the need for an emergency debate in the House of Commons, and the need for back-to-work legislation forcing an end to the 51-day walkout.
580 CFRA News Talk Radio
Stephanie Kinsella with Steve Winogron
Thursday, January 29, 2009
As CFRA News was first to report, the OC Transpo strike is over.
Three reliable sources inside city hall and another union insider tell CFRA news that negotiators representing the striking drivers, mechanics and dispatchers have agreed to end the strike and to send all matters to binding arbitration -- including scheduling.
The union did not want the scheduling issue sent to binding arbitration, but pressed for the financial deal to go that route.
The city did not want the monetary matters resolved through arbitration unless the contentious scheduling issue was included.
Sources indicate the city will continue to press the federal government to ensure that federal safety regulations apply to drivers -- including an eight hour turnaround time between shifts. It is believed the resolution pre-empts the need for an emergency debate in the House of Commons, and the need for back-to-work legislation forcing an end to the 51-day walkout.
580 CFRA News Talk Radio
