Item - 2025.CC28.3

Tracking Status

  • This item will be considered by City Council on March 26 and 27, 2025.

CC28.3 - Results of Collective Bargaining Negotiations Between the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79

Consideration Type:
ACTION
Wards:
All
Attention
The City Manager and the Chief People Officer have submitted a supplementary report on this Item (CC28.3a) with recommendations.

Confidential Attachment - Contains labour relations information, supplied in confidence to the City of Toronto, which, if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to prejudice significantly the competitive position or interfere significantly with the contractual or other negotiations of a person, group of persons, or organization.

Origin

(March 19, 2025) Report from the City Manager

Recommendations

The City Manager recommends that:  

 

1. City Council receive this report for information.

Summary

The four collective agreements between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79 and the City of Toronto expired on December 31, 2024. These bargaining units are comprised of staff commonly known as "inside workers".  

 

The parties began collective bargaining in December 2024 and concluded four tentative agreements on March 8, 2025. The tentative agreements are subject to individual ratification by the members of each bargaining unit. CUPE Local 79 has until March 24, 2025 to ratify the tentative agreements. Once the tentative agreements are ratified by the union, the City Manager will file a supplementary report with details about the tentative agreements for City Council's consideration and approval.

Background Information

(March 19, 2025) Report from the City Manager on Results of Collective Bargaining Negotiations Between the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79 (CC28.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-253579.pdf
(March 24, 2025) Supplementary Report from the City Manager and the Chief People Officer on Results of Collective Bargaining Negotiations between the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79 (CC28.3a)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2025/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-253992.pdf
Confidential Attachment 1 - Employer Review of Memorandums of Settlement
Confidential Attachment 2 - Financial implications of the Memorandums of Settlement
Confidential Attachment 3 - Memorandum of Settlement between the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79 - Full-time Unit
Confidential Attachment 4 - Memorandum of Settlement between the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79 - Part-time Unit B
Confidential Attachment 5 - Memorandum of Settlement between the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79 - Long-Term Care Part-Time Unit
Confidential Attachment 6 - Memorandum of Settlement between the City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79 - Recreation Worker Part-Time Unit
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council