Meeting Extinguished
Today the City of London Corporate Services Committee debated and rejected our request for delegation status to speak before our elected officials and inform City Council on our perspective about ...
Fighting firefighters with fire
Lincoln McCardle Our London By Lincoln McCardle Let me start by saying I know a few firefighters. I’m not boasting or anything as I suspect many of us ...
Emails fuel firefighters’ court battle
Pay-parity emails fuel firefighters’ court battle File Photo The latest snag in the longest contract impasse in Canadian firefighting history revolves around 19 internal documents about a city ...
Fire fight rift gains fuel
London city hall. (Free Press file photo) Cracks are subtly forming in London council’s resolve to push ahead with a contract fight, now six years old, with London ...
City sends firefighter dispute to court
Firefighters: Contract battle with City of London further delayed by 'level of mistrust' City hall has taken a “very rare step” by interrupting its years-long labour battle with London firefighters ...
It’s Canada’s longest fire fight
Labour negotiations: London firefighters go public with complaints about six-year (and counting) arbitration process Smouldering for six years, frustrated London firefighters say their bid to get a new contract with ...
Arbitration System
London Professional Fire Fighters Association President Jason Timlick on the Devon Peacock Show today. Tune in for a report on our LPFFA GlobalFire Team in Alberta and on our current ...
LPFFA & City to Return to Mediation
Firefighters Association and City to Return to Mediation Table The City of London and the London Professional Firefighters Association have agreed to return to negotiations to discuss a possible contract ...
Arbitration Update
Today the collective agreement arbitration took a turn, and we’re hoping it’s a positive one. We started the day as usual. However, by noon, the arbitration panel announced it wanted ...