CUPE 1883 Updates
Negotiation Updates:
The Region has a tentative agreement with CUPE 1883, representing full-time office, clerical and technical employees.
September 26: Region and CUPE 1883 reach tentative agreement
September 21: Region of Waterloo in negotiations with CUPE Local 1883
Potential Service Impacts
In the event of a strike, services will continue with reduced capacity.
Residents may experience the following impacts:
Public Health and Paramedic Services
All critical mandated and legislated Public Health work will continue. Paramedic Services, including 9-1-1 emergency response and Community Paramedicine, will continue.
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Non-urgent dental appointments will be rescheduled
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School and community dental screenings will be rescheduled
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Routine health inspections will pause, support for critical and urgent inspections and investigations, e.g. safe water, rabies and outbreak response, will continue
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Private well water testing drop off will pause
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Clinical Services will continue, e.g. Baby Feeding Clinics, Immunization and Sexual Health clinics
Community Services
Essential payments, including Ontario Works and child care subsidy will continue.
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Welcome Space at 20 Weber St in Kitchener will close due to limited capacity. Cambridge and Waterloo locations will be open for regular hours.
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Processing applications for some programs and services could be delayed or paused, except in urgent situations (e.g. emergency financial assistance).
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Response times by phone and email may vary for non-urgent requests as we manage capacity.
Grand River Transit
GRT buses, MobilityPLUS, and ION trains will continue to operate.
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Reduced hours for customer service locations at Ainslie, Benton and Strasburg
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Processing of Affordable Transit Program applications and renewals may be delayed
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Travel training will not be available, existing appointments will be rescheduled
More information is available on the Grand River Transit website at grt.ca/updates.
Waste Management
No impacts to waste collection services.
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Reduced capacity for waste collection escalations
Regional Libraries
Regional Library locations will remain open as per usual hours of service.
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Online library services (registering/renewing online memberships) may be delayed or suspended
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Library programming may be cancelled due to staff capacity. Participants will be notified directly
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General inquiries to Library HQ may experience delays
Regional Museums
Regional Museums will remain open as per usual hours of service.
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Some museum programming may be cancelled due to capacity. Participants will be notified directly
Service First Contact Centre
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Residents may experience slightly longer wait times when calling the SFCC
Provincial Offenses Court
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Phone payments for Provincial Offences Court will pause
