- 注册
- 2002-10-07
- 消息
- 402,230
- 荣誉分数
- 76
- 声望点数
- 0
Correctional officers at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre have “strongly rejected” a tentative contract that would have frozen the wages of new officers.
Union local president and OCDC correctional officer Denis Collin said 93 per cent of the members who voted rejected the offer.
“It’s a strong, resounding ‘no’ to it,” said Collin. “That’s what I was hoping and I’m very happy with that.”
The results of ratification votes from other union locals across the province weren’t immediately available, but if they too reject the contract offer, Collin said he expected correctional officers could be in a position to walk off the job in January if the province doesn’t come up with a better offer.
“The next step is for the government to get back to the table and negotiate something that reflects the work we do,” said Collin. “We want to avoid a strike by any means but not at any cost.”
Collin had been calling for members to reject the tentative agreement, which he called “unacceptable.”
The tentative contract was reached by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the provincial government on Nov. 24. The contract calls for a 1.4 per cent lump sum payment to correctional officers this year, plus another 1.4 per cent in 2016.
However, the contract also froze wages for the next two years of correctional officers who had not yet reached the top of the pay scale. That means new officers would be doing the same work as veteran officers but getting paid less.
The contract would have treated correctional officers the same as other OPSEU workers who are employed in health care or community colleges.
It contained pledges to consider the creation of a standalone bargaining unit for correctional employees during negotiations for the next contract in 2018, something correctional officers have been demanding for several years.
The language surrounding that promise was too vague for Collin, even though Ottawa-area MPP and Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services Yasir Naqvi assured correctional officers Friday that the province was committed to the promise of a standalone bargaining unit.
The rejection of the contract by Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre correctional officers comes just two days after a 12-hour standoff and hostage-taking at a Thunder Bay jail left a correctional officer and three inmates injured.
It also comes as inmates at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre have protested the overcrowded conditions, lack of yard time and lawyer visits, constant lockdowns because of staff shortages and other issues occurring in the jail.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/andrew_seymour
查看原文...
Union local president and OCDC correctional officer Denis Collin said 93 per cent of the members who voted rejected the offer.
“It’s a strong, resounding ‘no’ to it,” said Collin. “That’s what I was hoping and I’m very happy with that.”
The results of ratification votes from other union locals across the province weren’t immediately available, but if they too reject the contract offer, Collin said he expected correctional officers could be in a position to walk off the job in January if the province doesn’t come up with a better offer.
“The next step is for the government to get back to the table and negotiate something that reflects the work we do,” said Collin. “We want to avoid a strike by any means but not at any cost.”
Collin had been calling for members to reject the tentative agreement, which he called “unacceptable.”
The tentative contract was reached by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the provincial government on Nov. 24. The contract calls for a 1.4 per cent lump sum payment to correctional officers this year, plus another 1.4 per cent in 2016.
However, the contract also froze wages for the next two years of correctional officers who had not yet reached the top of the pay scale. That means new officers would be doing the same work as veteran officers but getting paid less.
The contract would have treated correctional officers the same as other OPSEU workers who are employed in health care or community colleges.
It contained pledges to consider the creation of a standalone bargaining unit for correctional employees during negotiations for the next contract in 2018, something correctional officers have been demanding for several years.
The language surrounding that promise was too vague for Collin, even though Ottawa-area MPP and Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services Yasir Naqvi assured correctional officers Friday that the province was committed to the promise of a standalone bargaining unit.
The rejection of the contract by Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre correctional officers comes just two days after a 12-hour standoff and hostage-taking at a Thunder Bay jail left a correctional officer and three inmates injured.
It also comes as inmates at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre have protested the overcrowded conditions, lack of yard time and lawyer visits, constant lockdowns because of staff shortages and other issues occurring in the jail.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/andrew_seymour
查看原文...
