A union representing the city's inside workers has scheduled a strike vote for Tuesday.
CUPE Local 79 President Tim Maguire made the announcement in a press release issued Sunday afternoon, saying the decision doesn't necessarily mean his union's 23,000 members intend to walk off the job.
"We are not holding a vote because we want to stop working," he said. "We are doing it because we want the city to start talking."
CUPE Local 79's membership includes nurses, janitors, ambulance dispatchers, recreation workers, child care workers and urban planners. The union has been without a contract since midnight on Dec. 31.
If the union votes in favour of striking they would be eligible to do so at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday.
