TORONTO – About 600 employees who provide telephone and television service and installation for residential and commercial customers of Rogers across Ontario, are set to strike June 15th, at 8am.
Their union, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, has been at the bargaining table with two of the four contractors for more than a year, trying to obtain a first collective agreement. The contractors are Intek Communications Inc., Wirecomm Systems Inc., SC360 Markham Inc. and Dependable Home Tech Scarborough.
TORONTO – The strike by members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Local 1999 against Reliance Home Comfort has ended with today’s ratification of a new collective agreement.
The 300 CEP workers, who had been on strike since May 2nd, install, repair and service heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment for homeowners throughout Ontario.
CEP Ontario Administrative Vice-President Dave Moffat thanked the members for their solidarity and perseverance during the dispute.
TORONTO – The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and Reliance Home Comfort have reached a tentative agreement. Voting will take place by members in the upcoming days and details will be released early next week.
About 300 members of CEP Local 1999 have been on strike since May 2nd at company locations in Windsor, Sarnia, London, Brantford, Cambridge Burlington, Kingston and Thunder Bay, Ontario.
TORONTO -- SNC-Lavalin is jeopardizing the future of the struggling CANDU industry, and sending highly-skilled workers out of the country, by forcing its employees into a strike position, say two of Canada’s top labour leaders.
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and the Canadian Auto Workers union have each pledged one million dollars to help finance a potential strike by the Society of Professional Engineers and Associates.
Strike ends at Direct Energy workers ratify new agreement
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TORONTO -- Members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Local 975 narrowly ratified a memorandum of agreement this afternoon.
CEP Ontario Administrative Vice-President Dave Moffat says the members are to be congratulated for maintaining positive morale and solidarity on the picket line during the two-week strike.
TORONTO – Almost 300 members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, who work for Reliance Home Comfort Limited, went on strike at midnight, after their employer took the unusual step of imposing working terms and conditions during the collective bargaining process.
“After our membership voted to reject the company’s offer, Reliance Home Comfort imposed unacceptable working conditions, forcing a strike,” says CEP Ontario Administrative Vice-President Dave Moffat.
