Like the temperature in Toronto, the feud between the city and its inside workers continues to heat up.

CUPE Local 79 spoke out to the media Tuesday, accusing the city of bargaining in bad faith.

According to the union, the city added six new additional items over the weekend to a list of concessions already being discussed.

The union responded by filling a charge of bargaining in bad faith with the Ontario Labour Relations Board on Monday.

CUPE Local 79 President Tim Maguire said the move by the city was a step backwards in the ongoing negotiation process.

"Their move was completely outside the usual scope of our bargaining with the city," Maguire said in the issued release.

CUPE has asked the Labour Relations Board to quash the new demands made by the city, arguing that the city had already tabled its proposal and that the union had responded.

According to the union's release, the new concessions demanded by the city include decreased benefits on vision care, reduced hours for program workers at long-term care facilities and the deletion of scheduling by seniority for part-time workers.

The city, however, says that the union's proposals would come at either an increased cost to the city, or through the creation of new inefficiencies.

In their own release issued Tuesday, the city accuses the union of "wanting more," describing 100 "enhancements" the city says the union has proposed to the current Local 79 collective agreement.

Included within the list, the city identified 10 points, including two-times overtime pay for employees who work on a designated holiday, a 15 per cent increase in shift bonuses and a stipulation which prevents the contracting out of any work services performed by a Local 79 member, whether full-time or part-time.

‘No board' report

Last week, the Ontario Ministry of Labour approved the city's request for a ‘no board' report in their negotiations with the union.

The report, which was issued Wednesday, will put the city in a legal lockout position and CUPE Local 79 in a legal strike position on March 24.

CUPE Local 79 has been without a contract since midnight on Dec. 31.

In January, a ‘no board' report was also issued in the city's negotiations with its outside workers, but a settlement was reached before any labour action was taken.