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" Update - October 6, 2019

The York Catholic District School

Board is very pleased to learn that the
Provincial and CUPE Bargaining
teams have negotiated a new
collective agreement. As a result,
CUPE will NOT be on strike tomorrow,
Monday, October 7, 2019.

Please be advised that all York

Catholic schools are OPEN for regular
school activities and student
transportation will operate as usual for
eligible students.

We will continue to monitor the

situation and will ensure all
stakeholders are kept informed.

Updates will continue to be posted to

this page and are also available on
Twitter (@ycdsb).

# Update - October 3, 2019

# Update - October 2, 2019

# Update - September 30, 2019

# Update - September 28, 2019

The York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB)

has three (3) union partners:

Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

Accounting Clerks, Couriers, Custodial and
Maintenance staff, Adult ESL/International
Language Instructors, CEC Clerical staff,
Educational Assistants (EAs), Early
Childhood Educators (ECEs), Educational
Intervenors (EIs), Library Technicians,
Lunchtime Supervisors, Lunch Office
Support Workers, and School Secretarial
staff
Ontario Elementary Catholic Teachers
Association (OECTA)
Elementary, Secondary and Occasional
Teachers
Ontario Secondary School Teachers
Federation (OSSTF)
Attendance Counsellors, Behavior
Resource Workers, Communicative
Disorders Assistants, Occupational
Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists
including Psycho-Educational Consultants
and Psychological Associates,
Speech/Language Pathologists, and
Technicians

Publicly-funded education in Ontario uses a two-

tier bargaining process:

1. Central – province-wide issues e.g.

compensation, class sizes
2. Local – issues specific to each Board of
Education e.g. management rights,
contracting out, etc.

This means that the central body of each union

negotiates with the province AND their local units
bargain with each individual school board.
Different aspects of a collective agreement are
negotiated at each level.

Collective agreements for all three of YCDSB’s

union partners expired on August 31, 2019.

Central collective bargaining is currently

underway with all three unions.

Local collective bargaining is currently underway

with CUPE Local 2331 and will start with CUPE
Local 1571 on Sept. 30

CUPE Local 2331 members attended labour

disruption votes on September 9, 10 and 11,
wherein 96% of their membership voted in favour
of labour disruption action. CUPE Local 1571
conducted its strike vote on September 8. Its
members voted 94% in favour of local strike
action in relation to the central bargaining
process.

Because the current collective agreement has

expired, the Union has conducted a strike vote
and the Union has requested a “No Board
Report” from the Ministry of Labour. The Union
will be in a legal strike position on Sept. 30,
2019. The Union has to provide the Board with
five (5) days written notice of any strike action,
including work to rule or any other form of labour
disruption. To date, the Union has not served the
Board with such written notice. The Board will
provide its stakeholders with an update should it
receive such notification from CUPE.

There are CUPE members at every school in our

Board and about one third of CEC employees
are CUPE members.

Central Bargaining Status

Union
CUPE

Status
Ongoing – legal strike position as of Monday,
September 30

Union
OECTA

Status
Ongoing

Union
OSSTF

Status
Ongoing

Local Bargaining Dates

Scheduled
Union
CUPE 2331

Dates
September 6, 19, 27 | October 2, 23, 24

Union
CUPE 2331-1 + 2331-2

Dates
TBD – after local bargaining with Local 2331 is
complete.

Union
CUPE 1571

Dates
September 10, 13, 30 | October 18

Union
OECTA

Dates
TBD – after central bargaining is complete.

Union
OSSTF

Dates
TBD – after central bargaining is complete.

YCDSB is working with its union partners to keep

the lines of communication open in a positive and
respectful manner. YCDSB staff are reviewing
contingency plans in preparation for a potential
labour disruption and will keep parents, students
and other stakeholders informed throughout the
process.

YCDSB will negotiate in good faith to continue to

foster positive labour relations with all of its union
partners. The YCDSB has worked with its union
partners to prepare for the upcoming round of
bargaining, including developing communication
and contingency plans.

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