Talks continue in almost 6-week-old elevator workers’ strike
Posted Jun 13, 2013 10:35:11 AM.
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TORONTO – Mediated talks continue, Thursday, in the almost six-week-old elevator workers’ strike that has stalled many elevators and escalators across the province.
Negotiations have been ongoing since Tuesday.
Fourteen-hundred elevator workers in Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton have been off the job since May 1.
The National Elevator Escalator Association, which represents the four companies involved, said 95 per cent of elevators and escalators continue to run safely.
Under the Labour Relations Act, trades involved in residential construction have to return to their job sites on Monday if a deal isn’t reached by Friday. However, that doesn’t cover nursing homes, hospitals and apartment towers.
It’s not yet known how many will return to work, but a spokesman for the National Elevator Escalator Association said it will be a significant number.
