The strike/lockout of 2007 and 2008 made history for Local 410, and indeed for the Capital area community at large, since there has never before been an extended strike of Library workers in Victoria region.
This blog formed a major part of our strategy for communicating to the public, and as such we’ve decided to keep it on line as a sort of historical record. Feel free to browse.
Today, June 2008, we’ve been back to work for two months and things are slowly getting back to normal. Victorians welcomed us back with the busiest May in history!
Local 410 has never felt that there was any essential conflict between it’s members and the goals of the organization. Utimately we both serve the same ideal - providing exellent Library service.
A difficult dispute has been settled, pay equity promised so long ago, has been finally agreed to and will be implemented on a defined schedule. Now it’s time to remember we are on the same team and to work together to provide the best possible Library service to the public.
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The energy, creativity, and leadership shown by Library workers and so many members of the public during the recent lockout has succeeded, the ten year overdue promise has been delivered, and Library workers in Victoria and lower Vancouver Island have achieved Pay Equity at last.
After a six week lockout starting on February 18, 2008 and ending on March 31, 2008, CUPE Local 410 reached agreement with the Greater Victoria Labour Relations Association. The new collective agreement includes full funding of Pay Equity over it’s four year term, and substantial improvements in the working conditions and salaries of many of our Auxilliary staff.
We cannot thank enough all the concerned members of the public who supported us so strongly in our battle. Victoria really is a Library town!
We will keep the blog running for awhile, for a historical record of a kind, if nothing else. Feel free to browse, but there will likely not be much in the way of posting until we find another use for it.
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Everyone is encouraged to join the rally in support of locked out library workers on Saturday March 8.
Meet at Centennial Square at 1:45 pm and join the walk to the legislature. There will be activities for children at Centennial Square as well.
It’s International Women’s Day, and what better way to show that women’s rights matter in 2008.
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