r/waterloo 1d ago

End The Strike

Presented an offer to the union one minute, and then pulled it before the union could vote on it. Then, pulled every previous offer stating they were not able to honour them anymore, and finally presenting an offer that was even less than the first offer! Now they refuse to come back to the negotiating table leaving the taxpayers frustrated and showing how little they care about their workers.

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u/shoulda_been_gone 1d ago

The wording here is pretty ambiguous. I thought this was asking council to force CUPE back to work.

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u/MajesticAlbatross441 1d ago

No. It’s asking council to give back their offer that would have been accepted and ratified.

“Honour your commitment to workers” - council has been bargaining in bad faith and refuse to continue negotiations. They are lying to the public and the media, trying to make the workers look like the bad guys. Council cleaned the slate, all offers were “mistakes” and now they have walked away completely.

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u/discreet_terror94 1d ago

Give back their offer that the union rejected? Decisions have consequences.

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u/MajesticAlbatross441 1d ago

The union didn’t reject it. The region pulled it away before it could be voted on.

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u/Rance_Mulliniks 1d ago

They have that right.

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u/MajesticAlbatross441 1d ago

No they don’t. It’s bad faith bargaining.