The union branch president says she fears the province is starving TVO so it can shut it down
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a Village Media website devoted exclusively to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park.
Meredith Martin, president of the TVO branch of the CMG, said employees haven't had a pay increase to match inflation in over a decade. Their previous contract didn't have a clause in it that allows the union to reopen it, now that that law has been found unconstitutional, as some unions' did, earning them additional compensation when Bill 124, the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations was struck down by the Superior Court last year, a ruling the government has appealed.
The union is rejecting the waiver for educational workers and is asking for wage increases of 5 per cent, 4.5 per cent, and 4 per cent over the three years, with a $3,500 pensionable catch-up for all the workers affected by Bill 124. "I feel like they're trying to get us to wither on the vine, so that eventually people will be like, 'Oh, they don't do anything anymore.' So if the province can shut TVO, people won't notice or care. That's what I think is going on."
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