A possible strike has actually been prevented after Toronto Public Library (TPL) and the union representing its 2,300 employees (CUPE Local 4948) reached a tentative, four-year contract.
In a release Monday early morning, TPL stated the tentative arrangement “shows the crucial work of Toronto Public Library staff members who serve Toronto citizens at 100 library branches throughout the city, both as frontline and assistance personnel.”
Information on the offer are private up until the Toronto Public Library Board and union subscription have a chance to evaluate and validate the terms, the release includes.
The labour discontent reached a boiling point after TPL staff members, consisting of full-time and part-time employees, curators, library assistants, pages, and other frontline personnel, voted extremely in favour of a strike previously this month.
CUPE 4948 stated over 96 percent of members supported the possible task action.
Their primary sticking points consisted of the high quantity of part-time work, low staffing level, and risky work conditions.
The last time library employees went on strike was 13 years back, in March 2012. The strike lasted 11 days.
With files from Afua Baah and Denio Lourenco, CityNews
