Daily Archives: October 26, 2015

City workers’ union decries layoffs, warns that cost-savings should not come at expense of services and jobs

SUDBURY, ON – The union representing over 1,600 workers at the City of Greater Sudbury is calling on Mayor Brian Bigger to reverse recent layoffs of cemetery workers and to halt plans for further layoffs of city staff. “The mayor and council are going back on a commitment to achieving efficiencies and cost savings without…

CUPE reaches tentative settlement with Town of Plympton-Wyoming

TOWN OF PLYMPTON-WYOMING, ON – The Town of Plympton-Wyoming municipal workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), reached a tentative settlement with their employer on Friday, averting a potential service disruption of the town’s roads maintenance and snow removal. “We are pleased that we could reach a settlement prior to the deadline,”…