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Amid accusations of “bargaining in bad faith,” the union representing striking Carleton University support staff has filed a complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board over what it calls unfair labour practices.
“We are calling out the university’s administration for bargaining in bad faith,” said CUPE negotiator Jacynthe Barbeau in a statement late Tuesday night.
Nearly 850 university support workers, library staff and administrative staff walked off the job after negotiations broke down in the early morning hours of Monday, March 5. CUPE 2424 has said contract language around pension protections is the key issue that led to the impasse.
The strike is now in its ninth day, and no further negotiations are currently planned.
In a statement, CUPE 2424 accused the university of making a series of “knowingly false and/or misleading communications” during the strike.
“Since the strike began, Carleton has misrepresented and mischaracterized its own position and the union’s, including the issues that led to the strike,” Barbeau said. “But this type of behaviour only helps to prolong the dispute and prevent the kind of negotiations that are needed to resolve it.”
A Carleton spokeswoman confirmed the university is aware a complaint was filed.
“The university will defend its position against the complaint and believes it will be found to have no merit,” Carleton responded in a statement Wednesday. “The university will continue to provide bargaining updates and stands by the accuracy of information provided to the university community.”
Carleton assistant vice-president Rob Thomas issued a separate statement Wednesday, saying “more people are asking the parties to get back to the bargaining table. We all want resolution of this matter and look forward to the day when all of our 2424 colleagues will return to work.”
Thomas said negotiators from both the university and the union spent 19 days at the bargaining table and held “deep discussions” on the issues that eventually led to the impasse.
Thomas said the union advised the university it would only resume talks “on the pre-condition that the employer change its position.”
“While both parties have expressed willingness to return to the bargaining table, we are too far apart at this time for talks to be productive,” said Thomas.
Thomas said administration would notify the campus community once the two sides “agree to resume talks based on a reasonable prospect of reaching a settlement.”
CUPE 2424 said the university has made no formal request, either verbally or in writing, to return to the bargaining table, despite interim president Alastair Summerlee’s invitation to resume talks.
“We are ready to work creatively and collaboratively with Carleton to end the strike,” said Barbeau. “But our determination to keep the rights and protections around our pensions doesn’t give the university’s administration permission to mislead Carleton’s workers or the public.”
More to come.
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“We are calling out the university’s administration for bargaining in bad faith,” said CUPE negotiator Jacynthe Barbeau in a statement late Tuesday night.
Nearly 850 university support workers, library staff and administrative staff walked off the job after negotiations broke down in the early morning hours of Monday, March 5. CUPE 2424 has said contract language around pension protections is the key issue that led to the impasse.
The strike is now in its ninth day, and no further negotiations are currently planned.
In a statement, CUPE 2424 accused the university of making a series of “knowingly false and/or misleading communications” during the strike.
“Since the strike began, Carleton has misrepresented and mischaracterized its own position and the union’s, including the issues that led to the strike,” Barbeau said. “But this type of behaviour only helps to prolong the dispute and prevent the kind of negotiations that are needed to resolve it.”
A Carleton spokeswoman confirmed the university is aware a complaint was filed.
“The university will defend its position against the complaint and believes it will be found to have no merit,” Carleton responded in a statement Wednesday. “The university will continue to provide bargaining updates and stands by the accuracy of information provided to the university community.”
Carleton assistant vice-president Rob Thomas issued a separate statement Wednesday, saying “more people are asking the parties to get back to the bargaining table. We all want resolution of this matter and look forward to the day when all of our 2424 colleagues will return to work.”
Thomas said negotiators from both the university and the union spent 19 days at the bargaining table and held “deep discussions” on the issues that eventually led to the impasse.
Thomas said the union advised the university it would only resume talks “on the pre-condition that the employer change its position.”
“While both parties have expressed willingness to return to the bargaining table, we are too far apart at this time for talks to be productive,” said Thomas.
Thomas said administration would notify the campus community once the two sides “agree to resume talks based on a reasonable prospect of reaching a settlement.”
CUPE 2424 said the university has made no formal request, either verbally or in writing, to return to the bargaining table, despite interim president Alastair Summerlee’s invitation to resume talks.
“We are ready to work creatively and collaboratively with Carleton to end the strike,” said Barbeau. “But our determination to keep the rights and protections around our pensions doesn’t give the university’s administration permission to mislead Carleton’s workers or the public.”
More to come.
ahelmer@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/helmera
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