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Loading ...OC Transpo, the transit service of the City of Ottawa, has been on strike since December 10th because they are not happy about what the city is offering in the new contract. Here are some of the details of the offer the union received and rejected:
- Salary increase: 3% retoractive to April 1, 2008, 2% on April 1, 2009, and 2% on April 1, 2010.
- One time payment of $2,000
- Increase uncertified sick leave from six to eight days per year.
- Scheduling: “While we are proposing expansion of mixed odd work to weekdays for operators, we are committing to recovery time between all trips. We are also proposing more straight runs (up to 10 hours) as a means to provide more days off for operators. In order to ensure that concerns raised around the issue of run-cutting are heard, we are offering to pay a representative of ATU 279 to work with us on a full-time basis for the next 18 months. Operators will continue to book their daily work and their seniority rights will be respected.”
- Benefits: Many new and/or improved benefits.
Here’s the kicker… many bus drivers are paid over $100,000 because the overtime is getting abused. The city has made many improvements to their original offer, which keeps being rejected by the union president André Cornelier. André refuses to ask the members to vote on the city’s latest offerering. Meanwhile, many people can’t get to work, have to pay for a taxi every day, walk long distances in bad weather, or are stuck in heavy traffic driving to work. Finally, Labour Minister Rona Ambrose is expected to force a vote on the city’s latest offering.
Here’s an interesting clip of André Cornelier explaining on CTV why he is not asking his members to vote on the offer.
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