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Three of four union locals representing City of Cornwall workers walked off the job as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday affecting services including ambulances in the community of 47,000 people.
Pickets were outside the city hall, libraries, the public works garage and wastewater plant early Thursday morning, Canadian Union of Public Employees national representative Keith Sandford said.
They’re “slightly disappointed” because while the union was ready to bargain “around the clock” Wednesday, union negotiators didn’t hear from the employer, he said.
But “spirits are up,” Sandford said, adding “we’re ready for dialogue.”
He’d said Thursday that if the employees walked out, “it will not be because we walked away as the deadline approached.”
Only three of the regular complement of nine ambulances will be on the road Thursday. Paramedics’ right to strike is limited by an essential services agreement between CUPE and the City of Cornwall, a requirement of the Ambulance Services Collective Bargaining Act.
As of 12:01 #paramedics of @CityofCornwall @SDGCounties are #striking reducing complement to only 3 ambulances to cover 3,309.87 km2 and serve over 110000 residents. The government is playing with #Ontarians' lives daily by not making paramedics an essential service.
— Seb Duval (@Cornwall_Medic) May 17, 2018
CUPE said that talks broke down Tuesday. The 250 striking members of CUPE Locals 234, 3251-01 and 5734 work in “outside” jobs including those at the library and as paramedics
Another 150 “inside” workers with CUPE Local 3251 have a strike deadline of May 23rd at 12:01 a.m.
After weeks of relative silence on the matter, the City of Cornwall issued a statement Wednesday afternoon regarding negotiations with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
CUPE Locals 234, 3251-1 and 5734 had been negotiating with the city until Tuesday afternoon, when the union accused the city of walking away from the bargaining table.
In reply, the city’s Wednesday statement said Cornwall put a “fair, best and final offer” before the union at the bargaining table and requested CUPE present the offer to its members. The city’s statement said the union refused to present the offers to its members.
As a result, “the city believes further discussions at this time would not be productive.”
No information on what the final offers contained was included in the city’s statement.
The city’s website contains information on measures that will be put in place in the case of a strike by CUPE members, including how programs and services will be affected.
With files from the Cornwall Standard Freeholder
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Pickets were outside the city hall, libraries, the public works garage and wastewater plant early Thursday morning, Canadian Union of Public Employees national representative Keith Sandford said.
They’re “slightly disappointed” because while the union was ready to bargain “around the clock” Wednesday, union negotiators didn’t hear from the employer, he said.
But “spirits are up,” Sandford said, adding “we’re ready for dialogue.”
He’d said Thursday that if the employees walked out, “it will not be because we walked away as the deadline approached.”
Only three of the regular complement of nine ambulances will be on the road Thursday. Paramedics’ right to strike is limited by an essential services agreement between CUPE and the City of Cornwall, a requirement of the Ambulance Services Collective Bargaining Act.
As of 12:01 #paramedics of @CityofCornwall @SDGCounties are #striking reducing complement to only 3 ambulances to cover 3,309.87 km2 and serve over 110000 residents. The government is playing with #Ontarians' lives daily by not making paramedics an essential service.
— Seb Duval (@Cornwall_Medic) May 17, 2018
CUPE said that talks broke down Tuesday. The 250 striking members of CUPE Locals 234, 3251-01 and 5734 work in “outside” jobs including those at the library and as paramedics
Another 150 “inside” workers with CUPE Local 3251 have a strike deadline of May 23rd at 12:01 a.m.
After weeks of relative silence on the matter, the City of Cornwall issued a statement Wednesday afternoon regarding negotiations with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
CUPE Locals 234, 3251-1 and 5734 had been negotiating with the city until Tuesday afternoon, when the union accused the city of walking away from the bargaining table.
In reply, the city’s Wednesday statement said Cornwall put a “fair, best and final offer” before the union at the bargaining table and requested CUPE present the offer to its members. The city’s statement said the union refused to present the offers to its members.
As a result, “the city believes further discussions at this time would not be productive.”
No information on what the final offers contained was included in the city’s statement.
The city’s website contains information on measures that will be put in place in the case of a strike by CUPE members, including how programs and services will be affected.
With files from the Cornwall Standard Freeholder
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