If the City of Toronto’s inside workers fail to reach a new labour agreement Saturday, thousands of municipal workers could hit the picket lines.
Here’s how a city work stoppage might affect you.
CUPE 79 (Inside workers) work stoppage would affect:
- All city-run daycare services
- Permitting services
- Programming available at municipal facilities such as community centres, including fitness facilities, camps, arenas, rinks, swimming pools etc.
- Community Centres not run by boards of management
- Processing documents such as legal notices or Freedom of Information requests
- Toronto Archives to close
- In-person payment of parking tickets
What services will continue to operate
- The city says services for the homeless, court administration, water services and paramedics will continue to operate normally in the event of a work stoppage.
- In the event of a winter storm, the city says they have plans in place to maintain road safety across Toronto.
- City management and non-union personnel would be used to fill some gaps in service during a labour stoppage.
- Investigations of complaints of unsafe living conditions (broken elevators, no heat, water) will continue however investigations into non-emergency situations or bylaw complaints will be suspended.
- In the event of an extreme weather alert, cold weather services will be activated, including drop-in centres.
- The city will continue to issue marriage licences, however wedding chambers at Scarborough, East York and North York civic centres will be closed.
- The city will continue to issue burial permits.
- In the event of a labour disruption, parking payment deadlines will not be extended. Payments can be made by phone, mail or online.
- Property tax and utility bills will also have to be paid by deadline.
- Libraries will run normally, as they are represented by a separate union local