本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Dear Friends and Neighbours:
With the 39 day civic strike behind us I wanted to update you on the strike and the details of the settlement.
Thank you for your patience, tolerance and support during the strike. Whether by e mail, telephone or mail, I was overwhelmed by the encouragement you gave to me for the actions I was taking to obtain a fair deal for you, the taxpayers.
This was an unnecessary strike. The agreement retains the sick plan benefits for existing employees and includes a substantial wage increase. The previous contract expired December 2008. Negotiations were ongoing. If this offer had been made before the strike it likely would have been accepted.
My office in Toronto City Hall was open every day during the strike. We endeavoured to respond to everyone that contacted us. With over 60,000 people living in our community and 2.5 million people living in Toronto, we were inundated with e mails from you, my constituents and from the vast majority of residents of Toronto that felt their concerns were not being addressed by the Mayor and were tired of getting answering machines at other councillor’s offices. I was overwhelmed by the number of e mails opposed to the agreement and expressing outrage that the City had “caved-in.” If I was unable to respond to you directly at the time, I hope the information herein will address your concerns.
Throughout the strike, I continued to be very vocal and appeared live on many call in and news programs and was quoted in all the major news publications. Along with a group of councillors known as the Responsible Government Group (RGG) we held numerous press conferences forcing the Mayor to call a meeting of the Employee and Labour Relations Committee.
I wrote to the Mayor demanding the City get an injunction against strikers who created very lengthy line ups at the temporary garbage sites as residents were calling to advise they were made to wait two to four hours before being allowed to drop off their garbage. As well, the RGG called for the temporary dump sites to be cleaned up by contractors like the City of Windsor’s Mayor did.
The RGG went public with our disapproval of the negotiated settlement forcing the Mayor to answer questions about the deal and bring out information that appeared to be withheld. Two councillors who are members of the Labour Relations Committee publicly stated that the agreement the Mayor brought to Council was not within the mandate given to the Mayor by the Committee. When terms of the proposed deal were being kept under wraps we insisted that the reports be made available to the public.
The agreements were approved by City Council however the vote clearly indicated the growing opposition strength. Only 21 voted in favour while 17 were opposed.
Here are some answers to the most often asked questions:
What did the Unions get, what’s in the deal?
Length of the Agreement. The City position was another 4 year agreement. The last collective agreement was for 4 years, Jan. 2005 to Dec. 2008. The new agreement is 3 years Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2011.
Wage increase. The City’s offer of July 10th (the only offer made public by the Mayor) was for a 7% wage increase over 4 years - 1%, 1%, 2% and 3% in each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. The new agreement is a 6% wage increase over 3 years -1.75%, 2%, 2.25% in each of 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Family Day. The new agreement adds Family Day so there are now 12 designated and statutory holidays, and two float days for unionized staff.
Sick Bank. The City wanted to replace the sick leave bank with a new short-term Illness and Injury Plan. In the new agreement the employees have 3 options:
1) Remain on the existing sick bank plan and continue to accumulate sick days. Receive a payout of up to 6 months upon leaving City employment.
2) Enter in the new plan and freeze their accumulated sick bank. The frozen sick bank can be used as a top-up to the new plan. They will still be entitled to a payout of the balance of their plan when they terminate employment with the City up to a maximum of 6 months. The value of the sick days will be at the rate of pay they are earning when they cash-out.
3) Switch to the new plan and receive a payout of their existing accumulated sick days up to a maximum of 6 months, based upon a formula related to years of service. The minimum payout shall be $700.00 even if this exceeds the current value of their accumulated sick bank.
Sick day payouts continue to be at an amount equal to 50% of the cumulative sick days.
New employees hired will be covered by the new Illness and Injury Plan.
The new plan provides employees with income protection when they are unable to work due to illness or injury, for up to 130 days, at either 75% or 100% of their salary, based on years of service. The new plan is not accumulative and has no cash payout value.
Return to Work Protocol. The negotiated protocol permitted striking employees to continue to accrue sick leave credits and vacation credits during the strike.
Contracting-in. The City agreed to a “contracting-in” protocol to seek opportunities to bring work back in-house.
The City gave no indication that it was really reducing spending. The Mayor refused to allow City Council to vote on freezing councillors’ salaries, an issue the union leaders continually stated. I have contributed my increase to charitable organizations. While the Mayor cried poor he brought forward a 2009 budget with a huge increase in staff and spending, even stating during the budget debate that we have to spend our way out of the recession.
The City’s contingency plan failed to put in place measures to remove the waste from the temporary dump sites daily during the strike (as was the case in Windsor) and the Mayor refused to consider the use of outside contractors to help in cleaning up the City.
Who won, who lost? Ultimately taxpayers pay, so taxpayers lost. Could we have lost less, I believe so. Could we have lost more, you tell me. I have attached web links to several previously confidential documents from the Council meeting.
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me with your comments or concerns.
Sincerely,
Councillor David Shiner
Several previously confidential documents from Friday's Council meeting have been publicly released (.pdf files):
Results of Negotiations with CUPE Local 79 and TCEU (Public Report)
Summary of the Memoranda of Agreement with CUPE Local 79
Summary of the Memorandum of Settlement with TCEU Local 416
Memoranda of Agreement with CUPE Local 79
Memorandum of Settlement with TCEU Local 416
Return to Work Protocol between the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79
Return to Work Protocol between the City of Toronto and TCEU Local 416
The Recorded Vote at Toronto City Council (21-17):
YES to DEAL
Maria Augimeri (York Centre)
Sandra Bussin (Beaches-East York)
Shelley Carroll (Don Valley East)
Raymond Cho (Scarborough-Rouge River)
Janet Davis (Beaches-East York)
Glenn de Baeremaeker (Scarborough Centre)
Frank Di Giorgio (York South-Weston)
Paula Fletcher (Toronto-Danforth)
Adam Giambrone (Davenport)
Mark Grimes (Etobicoke Lakeshore)
Suzan Hall (Etobicoke North)
Adrian Heaps (Scarborough Southwest)
Doug Holyday (Etobicoke Centre)
Pam McConnell (Toronto Centre-Rosedale)
Joe Mihevc (St. Paul's)
David Miller (Mayor)
Joe Pantalone (Trinity-Spadina)
Gord Perks (Parkdale-High Park)
Anthony Perruzza (York West)
Bill Saundercook (Parkdale-High Park)
Adam Vaughan (Trinity-Spadina)
NO to DEAL
Paul Ainslie (Scarborough East)
Brian Ashton (Scarborough Southwest)
Mike Del Grande (Scarborough-Agincourt)
Mike Feldman (York Centre)
Rob Ford (Etobicoke North)
Cliff Jenkins (Don Valley West)
Norm Kelly (Scarborough-Agincourt)
Chin Lee (Scarborough-Rouge River)
Peter Milczyn (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) (Local 416 Only, conflict on 79)
Denzil Minnan-Wong (Don Valley East)
Ron Moeser (Scarborough East)
Frances Nunziata (York South-Weston)
Case Ootes (Toronto-Danforth)
John Parker (Don Valley West)
David Shiner (Willowdale) (Local 79 Only, conflict on 416)
Karen Stintz (Eglinton-Lawrence)
Michael Thompson (Scarborough Centre)
Michael Walker (St. Paul's)
ABSENT
Gloria Lindsay Luby John Filion Kyle Rae
Howard Moscoe
(abstained from meeting and votes - conflict of interest with one of the Unions)
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With the 39 day civic strike behind us I wanted to update you on the strike and the details of the settlement.
Thank you for your patience, tolerance and support during the strike. Whether by e mail, telephone or mail, I was overwhelmed by the encouragement you gave to me for the actions I was taking to obtain a fair deal for you, the taxpayers.
This was an unnecessary strike. The agreement retains the sick plan benefits for existing employees and includes a substantial wage increase. The previous contract expired December 2008. Negotiations were ongoing. If this offer had been made before the strike it likely would have been accepted.
My office in Toronto City Hall was open every day during the strike. We endeavoured to respond to everyone that contacted us. With over 60,000 people living in our community and 2.5 million people living in Toronto, we were inundated with e mails from you, my constituents and from the vast majority of residents of Toronto that felt their concerns were not being addressed by the Mayor and were tired of getting answering machines at other councillor’s offices. I was overwhelmed by the number of e mails opposed to the agreement and expressing outrage that the City had “caved-in.” If I was unable to respond to you directly at the time, I hope the information herein will address your concerns.
Throughout the strike, I continued to be very vocal and appeared live on many call in and news programs and was quoted in all the major news publications. Along with a group of councillors known as the Responsible Government Group (RGG) we held numerous press conferences forcing the Mayor to call a meeting of the Employee and Labour Relations Committee.
I wrote to the Mayor demanding the City get an injunction against strikers who created very lengthy line ups at the temporary garbage sites as residents were calling to advise they were made to wait two to four hours before being allowed to drop off their garbage. As well, the RGG called for the temporary dump sites to be cleaned up by contractors like the City of Windsor’s Mayor did.
The RGG went public with our disapproval of the negotiated settlement forcing the Mayor to answer questions about the deal and bring out information that appeared to be withheld. Two councillors who are members of the Labour Relations Committee publicly stated that the agreement the Mayor brought to Council was not within the mandate given to the Mayor by the Committee. When terms of the proposed deal were being kept under wraps we insisted that the reports be made available to the public.
The agreements were approved by City Council however the vote clearly indicated the growing opposition strength. Only 21 voted in favour while 17 were opposed.
Here are some answers to the most often asked questions:
What did the Unions get, what’s in the deal?
Length of the Agreement. The City position was another 4 year agreement. The last collective agreement was for 4 years, Jan. 2005 to Dec. 2008. The new agreement is 3 years Jan. 2009 to Dec. 2011.
Wage increase. The City’s offer of July 10th (the only offer made public by the Mayor) was for a 7% wage increase over 4 years - 1%, 1%, 2% and 3% in each of 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. The new agreement is a 6% wage increase over 3 years -1.75%, 2%, 2.25% in each of 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Family Day. The new agreement adds Family Day so there are now 12 designated and statutory holidays, and two float days for unionized staff.
Sick Bank. The City wanted to replace the sick leave bank with a new short-term Illness and Injury Plan. In the new agreement the employees have 3 options:
1) Remain on the existing sick bank plan and continue to accumulate sick days. Receive a payout of up to 6 months upon leaving City employment.
2) Enter in the new plan and freeze their accumulated sick bank. The frozen sick bank can be used as a top-up to the new plan. They will still be entitled to a payout of the balance of their plan when they terminate employment with the City up to a maximum of 6 months. The value of the sick days will be at the rate of pay they are earning when they cash-out.
3) Switch to the new plan and receive a payout of their existing accumulated sick days up to a maximum of 6 months, based upon a formula related to years of service. The minimum payout shall be $700.00 even if this exceeds the current value of their accumulated sick bank.
Sick day payouts continue to be at an amount equal to 50% of the cumulative sick days.
New employees hired will be covered by the new Illness and Injury Plan.
The new plan provides employees with income protection when they are unable to work due to illness or injury, for up to 130 days, at either 75% or 100% of their salary, based on years of service. The new plan is not accumulative and has no cash payout value.
Return to Work Protocol. The negotiated protocol permitted striking employees to continue to accrue sick leave credits and vacation credits during the strike.
Contracting-in. The City agreed to a “contracting-in” protocol to seek opportunities to bring work back in-house.
The City gave no indication that it was really reducing spending. The Mayor refused to allow City Council to vote on freezing councillors’ salaries, an issue the union leaders continually stated. I have contributed my increase to charitable organizations. While the Mayor cried poor he brought forward a 2009 budget with a huge increase in staff and spending, even stating during the budget debate that we have to spend our way out of the recession.
The City’s contingency plan failed to put in place measures to remove the waste from the temporary dump sites daily during the strike (as was the case in Windsor) and the Mayor refused to consider the use of outside contractors to help in cleaning up the City.
Who won, who lost? Ultimately taxpayers pay, so taxpayers lost. Could we have lost less, I believe so. Could we have lost more, you tell me. I have attached web links to several previously confidential documents from the Council meeting.
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me with your comments or concerns.
Sincerely,
Councillor David Shiner
Several previously confidential documents from Friday's Council meeting have been publicly released (.pdf files):
Results of Negotiations with CUPE Local 79 and TCEU (Public Report)
Summary of the Memoranda of Agreement with CUPE Local 79
Summary of the Memorandum of Settlement with TCEU Local 416
Memoranda of Agreement with CUPE Local 79
Memorandum of Settlement with TCEU Local 416
Return to Work Protocol between the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79
Return to Work Protocol between the City of Toronto and TCEU Local 416
The Recorded Vote at Toronto City Council (21-17):
YES to DEAL
Maria Augimeri (York Centre)
Sandra Bussin (Beaches-East York)
Shelley Carroll (Don Valley East)
Raymond Cho (Scarborough-Rouge River)
Janet Davis (Beaches-East York)
Glenn de Baeremaeker (Scarborough Centre)
Frank Di Giorgio (York South-Weston)
Paula Fletcher (Toronto-Danforth)
Adam Giambrone (Davenport)
Mark Grimes (Etobicoke Lakeshore)
Suzan Hall (Etobicoke North)
Adrian Heaps (Scarborough Southwest)
Doug Holyday (Etobicoke Centre)
Pam McConnell (Toronto Centre-Rosedale)
Joe Mihevc (St. Paul's)
David Miller (Mayor)
Joe Pantalone (Trinity-Spadina)
Gord Perks (Parkdale-High Park)
Anthony Perruzza (York West)
Bill Saundercook (Parkdale-High Park)
Adam Vaughan (Trinity-Spadina)
NO to DEAL
Paul Ainslie (Scarborough East)
Brian Ashton (Scarborough Southwest)
Mike Del Grande (Scarborough-Agincourt)
Mike Feldman (York Centre)
Rob Ford (Etobicoke North)
Cliff Jenkins (Don Valley West)
Norm Kelly (Scarborough-Agincourt)
Chin Lee (Scarborough-Rouge River)
Peter Milczyn (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) (Local 416 Only, conflict on 79)
Denzil Minnan-Wong (Don Valley East)
Ron Moeser (Scarborough East)
Frances Nunziata (York South-Weston)
Case Ootes (Toronto-Danforth)
John Parker (Don Valley West)
David Shiner (Willowdale) (Local 79 Only, conflict on 416)
Karen Stintz (Eglinton-Lawrence)
Michael Thompson (Scarborough Centre)
Michael Walker (St. Paul's)
ABSENT
Gloria Lindsay Luby John Filion Kyle Rae
Howard Moscoe
(abstained from meeting and votes - conflict of interest with one of the Unions)
Cesar Palacio Giorgio Mammoliti更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net