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Collective agreement with CEP workers expires
The collective agreement between the Cadillac Fairview Corp. and the 21-member engineering group of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union of Canada, Local 2003 at the Toronto-Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto, expires. The employees continue working under their old contract. The parties enter into negotiations shortly thereafter. -
Another collective agreement expires
The collective agreement between Cadillac Fairview and another group of CEP workers expires at the TD Centre. The 40-member maintenance and skilled-trades bargaining unit enters into talks with the company. Negotiations with the engineers’ bargaining unit continue. In total, 61 CEP workers, with an average service record of over 20 years, continue to work under their old contracts while the union and company haggle over a new deal. -
Union refuses company's final offer
After months of negotiations, Cadillac Fairview and the CEP union are locked in a stalemate. The main stumbling block is the company’s desire to implement a new service model that would reduce the union’s workforce, reclassify jobs and require workers to reapply for their own positions. The union requests conciliation in an effort to break the deadlock. The parties sit down for two days of discussions in early May. The company makes its final offer, which the union refuses. -
"No-board" report issued
The Ministry of Labour issues a “no-board” report after conciliation meetings between Cadillac Fairview and the CEP union fail to resolve the ongoing contract dispute. Under Ontario labour law, once a “no-board” report is issued, and the required cooling-off period has lapsed, either party can lawfully strike or lock out. -
Hearing scheduled
CEP Local 2003 issues a formal complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board against Cadillac Fairview. It alleges Cadillac Fairview engaged in bad-faith bargaining throughout the contract negotiations. A hearing is scheduled for the end of July. -
Workers locked out
Cadillac Fairview locks out 61 unionized workers at its Toronto-Dominion Centre property in downtown Toronto. The company hires a third-party service provider to ensure building operations continue for the duration of the lockout. The CEP workers set up a picket line outside the TD Centre. -
Locked out workers terminated
Cadillac Fairview terminates its locked out CEP workers. Union members are notified by letter. The company also announces its decision to enter into a permanent agreement with the third-party service provider hired to maintain the TD Centre during the lockout. -
Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation supports CEP workers
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation throws its support behind the locked out CEP workers.The teachers' union writes a letter to the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP), which wholly owns Cadillac Fairview. In the letter, the union voices its concern over Cadillac Fairview's actions, and requests the OTPP encourage the company to equitably resolve the labour dispute. Within weeks, two other teachers' unions follow suit. -
Union appears before Ontario Labour Relations Board
The parties – Cadillac Fairview, and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union of Canada, Local 2003 (the union representing 61 unionized skilled-trades and maintenance employees at the Toronto-Dominion Centre property) - appear before the Ontario Labour Relations Board for a hearing on the union’s bad-faith bargaining complaint. Further hearings are postponed until September 2009.