Ottawa cleaners reach tentative agreement to avoid strike
The majority of Ottawa's private-sector cleaners have reached a tentative agreement with their employers avoiding potential rotating walkouts, it was announced Friday.
A strike could have a major impact on the city's federally owned buildings — close to one-third of cleaners in Ottawa work in government buildings, said Diego Mendez, communications coordinator of SEIU Local 2.
The federal government contracts the cleaning work out to private companies.
Most cleaners make $11.50 per hour, Mendez said, while the union has been asking for $15 per hour and medical benefits.
There won't be any strike action in the coming week, Mendez added in a news release, as janitors vote on whether to ratify the agreement.
Details of the tentative agreement are not being released publicly until all members review it.
