Tentative settlement between CUPE, Canadian Hearing Society
CBC News | Posted: May 8, 2017 7:50 PM | Last Updated: May 8, 2017
Workers have been on strike since March 6
CUPE Local 2073 has reached a "tentative settlement" with the Canadian Hearing Society, union officials said in a press release today.
CUPE workers have been on the picket lines since March 6. They represent 227 workers across Ontario, including interpreters, speech language pathologists, counsellors, literacy instructors and audiologists.
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Details of the settlement will not be released until the membership has had a chance to review it, the release said. The earliest workers could be back on the job is May 15.
In a statement from CUPE, Stacey Connor, president of Local 2073 said she was pleased with the settlement.
"We have a deal that we can recommend to our members," she said.
"It should not have taken nine weeks, but here we are."