Vancouver City Strike Vote

All three CUPE locals will vote tomorrow on the reccomendations made by mediator Brian Foley. He basically offered each union local a 17.5% increase over 5 years, plus he took a little of what the city wanted and what the union wanted and added them to his reccomendations. Only one of the three locals (the outside workers) have recommended acceptance of the proposed new contract. For the inside workers, the issue has to do with job security, whereas the librarians feel they are being treated unfairly because they are women. I question whether you can really compare the job a librarian does to that of a garbage man. I'm really hoping all three unions ratify this deal (although I'm not holding my breath) otherwise this strike could go on for months and months longer. One safe prediction I will make is that if either side doesn't ratify the deal, than that side, be it the unions or the city will quickly lose public sympathy.