6-Feb-2012 - Toronto, union reach tentative contract deal

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The City of Toronto and the union representing 6,000 of its outside workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract that averts a work stoppage. City workers clean a garbage can at Bloor and Bathurst streets in the summer of 2009 following a strike that brought waste removal to a halt for six weeks. (Andrew Davidson/CBC)Mark Ferguson, president of CUPE local 416, who informed reporters of the deal at a Sunday news conference, called the contract talks "one studio headphone apple green of the toughest labour negotiations in Canadian history." The city had earlier said it would impose terms of its latest contract offer if there was no deal by 12:01 a.m. Sunday, setting up the prospect of a lockout or strike. But the deadline was extended as talks continued into the morning. In a statement, Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday called the agreement beats by dre studio headphone black "fair for the employees and reasonable and affordable for the taxpayers of Toronto." "Better yet, we will be better positioned to deliver efficient services to the residents and businesses of Toronto," Holyday said. CUPE's Ferguson said negotiators would reconvene at 9 a.m. Monday to finalize the agreement, which still has to be ratified by union members and approved by City Council. Terms of the tentative pact were not disclosed. The city pre-deadline offer had included lump-sum pay increases in each year of the four-year dr dre beats studio headphone pink diamond proposed contract, as well as changes to contentious job security provisions and other items, including scheduling. The union had offered to take a three-year wage freeze to reach a deal. The city's outside workers collect garbage, do about 25 per cent of the city's snow removal, perform road and park maintenance and run the water filtration plants. Paramedics are also part of the union, but must keep staffing levels at 85 per cent during a work stoppage.

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