Union representing city workers will vote on settlement
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Negotiators for the city’s largest union will present a settlement offer to its members in June, but it doesn’t look like that’s the end of bargaining.
Gord Delbridge, president of CUPE 500, said the union’s bargaining team needs direction from its members but he’s not happy with the city offer he’ll be presenting to them.
“I think our members deserve better than what the city is offering them right now,” Delbridge said.
CUPE 500 is holding meetings for its members June 6 at the RBC Convention Centre, where details of the city’s last offer will be presented. Voting on the offer will take place June 7, also at the convention centre.
“Your bargaining committee has reviewed the city’s offer, and we believe it’s time to meet with you to share the proposed package and discuss our next steps,” a bargaining update on the union’s website states. “To that end, all CUPE Local 500 members working at the City of Winnipeg are invited to attend an information meeting and are eligible to vote on the offer of settlement proposed by the city.”
Delbridge said the union’s bargaining team isn’t saying whether it’s recommending the offer be accepted or rejected, adding that will be presented to the members at the June 6 meeting.
CUPE 500 represents about 4,600 civic employees who work in a variety of job classifications in most civic departments. The last collective agreement expired at the end of December. The union has not received a strike mandate and has not yet called for a strike vote.
While neither side would disclose bargaining positions, a source familiar with the discussions said the city was adamant about lowering student summer wages by 30 per cent and eliminating one paid week from female employees on maternity leave.
Delbridge said there’s been a great deal of rumours circulating about what the city has been demanding, adding the negotiating team concluded the best way forward was to present the city’s last offer to the members.
“We need to the members to see for themselves what the city wants from them, and we need direction from the members,” he said.
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