Toronto City workers strike over

City council approves deal


Adrian Morrow      

Staff Reporter     

 

Toronto city council has voted to ratify new contracts for both its inside and outside workers, signalling an official end to the city's 40-day strike.

Around 6:40 p.m., council voted 21 to 17 to approve the tentative agreements reached over the weekend with CUPE locals 416 and 79.

Mayor David Miller is currently holding a press conference.

Garbage workers are set to get back to work immediately, cleaning up temporary dump sites.

Other workers were already back on the job today, after both striking unions voted to ratify the deals earlier in the week.

Maintenance and parks department employees were on the street today emptying garbage bins, picking up refuse from the streets and collecting litter from city parks.

The task is expected to take until late Sunday night.

Garbage workers, however, had opted to wait until council voted on the deal before heading to the temporary garbage dump sites to start carting away the trash.
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