Bargaining between CUPE 5555 and the KPRDSB began in April. Both sides have met 16 times with little substantive progress being made to date.
CUPE represents custodial and maintenance workers, secretarial staff, educational assistants, professional and para-professional support staff throughout the school board.
The school board workers have not had a raise in nine years. Outstanding issues include harmonization of wage rates, a wage increase, benefits, seniority, job postings, layoff and recall, hours of work and more
Local 5555 has scheduled a strike vote for this Sunday, August 27. It is being held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Port Hope, 99 Toronto Street, at 2:00 p.m.
(EDITORS: Strike vote results will be available by 4:30 p.m., Sunday.)
For information:
Charlotte Monardo, President, CUPE 5555
(905) 373-2291 (Cell), (705) 742-5356 (o)
John McCracken, CUPE Communications Rep.
(416) 292-3999 (o)