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Carleton University and CUPE Local 2424 reached a tentative agreement Monday night, ending, for the time being at least, the strike that has been in effect since March 5.
According to Jerrett Clark, president of the local representing 850 non-academic staff at the university, the tentative agreement was reached shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, following a full day of talks facilitated by an external mediator. The two sides had also met with an external mediator last Wednesday, in a session that lasted 19 hours.
The single-most contentious issue at play in the dispute was the university’s planned change to the collective agreement language guaranteeing a defined benefit pension plan for workers.
The details of Monday’s agreement, Clark noted, will remain confidential until it can be ratified by both sides. The CUPE members are scheduled to vote on it at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Hellenic Meeting and Reception Centre on Prince of Wales Drive. Clark said he expected the voting process could take a few hours.
“We certainly wouldn’t be bringing something to the membership that we, the negotiating team, are not prepared to recommend. But ultimately, that decision is entirely up to our membership.”
Clark added that if the new contract is ratified, the earliest that CUPE 2424’s members could be back at work would be Wednesday. In a tweet Monday night, meanwhile, the union announced that its picket lines would be suspended immediately.
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According to Jerrett Clark, president of the local representing 850 non-academic staff at the university, the tentative agreement was reached shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, following a full day of talks facilitated by an external mediator. The two sides had also met with an external mediator last Wednesday, in a session that lasted 19 hours.
The single-most contentious issue at play in the dispute was the university’s planned change to the collective agreement language guaranteeing a defined benefit pension plan for workers.
The details of Monday’s agreement, Clark noted, will remain confidential until it can be ratified by both sides. The CUPE members are scheduled to vote on it at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Hellenic Meeting and Reception Centre on Prince of Wales Drive. Clark said he expected the voting process could take a few hours.
“We certainly wouldn’t be bringing something to the membership that we, the negotiating team, are not prepared to recommend. But ultimately, that decision is entirely up to our membership.”
Clark added that if the new contract is ratified, the earliest that CUPE 2424’s members could be back at work would be Wednesday. In a tweet Monday night, meanwhile, the union announced that its picket lines would be suspended immediately.
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