From My Bottom Step

LTC Media Release

Received this afternoon.

A note of caution. It comes from LTC management and doesn’t appear to have been endorsed by the provincial mediator or the union. FMBS has received nothing from the union since the strike began and it’s website doesn’t appear to have been updated since 2009/11/27.

The position of FMBS continues to be the same. That unless both parties are prepared to carry on negotiations in public, that any information released by either side in the dispute should be taken with a very large grain of salt. Continue Reading

LTC Mediation Talks Adjourned

To: All News/Public Service Directors
From: London Transit Commission
Date: Monday, November 30 2009; 3:33 p.m.
Subject: LTC Labour Issues

Today’s mediation talks, as requested by the Mediator, served to clarify the positions of both parties. The Mediator has adjourned discussions for the day and requested the parties go back and reassess their respective positions in an effort to move discussions forward. The Mediator remains available for further discussion.
The Commission has undertaken to do … Continue Reading

LTC Media Release

To: All News /Public Service Directors
From: London Transit Commission
Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
Subject: LTC Labour Issues

As of today, November 20, 2009 at 3:30 p.m., the London Transit Commission has not received a response to the November 17, 2009 request for a written confirmation of any revised proposal from the ATU Local 741. Further, the London Transit Commission has not received a revised formal position through the provincial mediator.

As previously communicated, … Continue Reading