Friday, July 31, 2009

Vote on Local 79 Agreement

City Council has voted 21-17 to adopt the following:



That Council adopt the following recommendations contained in Item CC39.1, which relate to Local 79:

Recommendation 1
1. Ratify the attached four Memoranda of Agreement dated July 29, 2009, between the City of Toronto and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 79 contained in Confidential Attachment 3, to effect new three (3) year Collective Agreements between the parties for the period January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011.

Recommendation 3, as it pertains to Local 79
3. Authorize staff to make the necessary amendments to rates of pay, benefits and other issues identified as agreed changes in the new Memoranda of Agreement and the new Memorandum of Settlement and any agreed retroactive provisions.

Recommendation 4, as it pertains to Local 79
4. Authorize staff to make the necessary adjustments to the 2009 Non-Program Expenditure Budget and Operating Budgets of the Divisions to reflect the provisions of the Memoranda of Agreement and the Memorandum of Settlement.

Recommendation 5, as it pertains to Local 79
5. Authorize the release of information as follows at the end of the meeting at which the Memoranda of Agreement and Memorandum of Settlement are ratified by Council and these recommendations are approved:

a. Memoranda of Agreement with CUPE Local 79 contained in Confidential Attachment 3 to be made public.
c. Section 2 of Confidential Attachment 1 regarding CUPE Local 79 headed “Summary of the Memoranda of Agreement” to be made public.
e. The balance of Confidential Attachment 1 to remain confidential as it contains information about labour relations and employee negotiations.


YES Augimeri YES Bussin [Chair] YES Carroll YES Cho YES Davis YES De Baeremaeker YES Di Giorgio YES Fletcher YES Giambrone YES Grimes YES Hall YES Heaps YES Holyday YES McConnell YES Mihevc YES Miller YES Pantalone YES Perks YES Perruzza YES Saundercook YES Vaughan

NO Ainslie NO Ashton NO Del Grande NO Feldman NO Ford NO Jenkins NO Kelly NO Lee NO Minnan-Wong NO Moeser NO Nunziata NO Ootes NO Parker NO Shiner NO Stintz NO Thompson NO Walker