Since our contract expired 13 months ago (Yes, more than a year ago!), we’ve had 11 days of bargaining. ATU has offered more than 60 dates. The City has taken only 11. We had to take them to the Labour Relations Board to get them to the table. The City has refused to negotiate on 2 separate occasions.
They want to dictate to us who we can have on our bargaining team. We’re scheduled to meet again next Monday and they’re threatening to refuse again. Why are they delaying this?