[URBAN NOTE] "Toronto library workers reach tentative agreement"
CBC reports on the happy last-minute deal that averted the possibility of a library strike here in Toronto.
The Toronto Public Library Workers Union says it has reached a tentative agreement with the Toronto Public Library Board on a new four-year contract.
Maureen O'Reilly, president of local 4948 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the Toronto Public Library Workers Union, announced the tentative deal hours after the city's 2,200 library workers passed their strike deadline at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
"This has been a difficult round of bargaining, but our bargaining committee has secured a deal which we believe addresses some of our concerns and allows Toronto's library workers to continue to provide great services in the city's 100 branches," she said.
Toronto's public libraries will be open today and operating with normal hours of service.
The union said ratification is expected to start sometime this week.
The Toronto Public Library Workers Union says it has reached a tentative agreement with the Toronto Public Library Board on a new four-year contract.
Maureen O'Reilly, president of local 4948 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the Toronto Public Library Workers Union, announced the tentative deal hours after the city's 2,200 library workers passed their strike deadline at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
"This has been a difficult round of bargaining, but our bargaining committee has secured a deal which we believe addresses some of our concerns and allows Toronto's library workers to continue to provide great services in the city's 100 branches," she said.
Toronto's public libraries will be open today and operating with normal hours of service.
The union said ratification is expected to start sometime this week.