City, union reach deal

Jul 27, 2009 08:55 AM The Star:

After 35 long and miserable days, a deal was reached this morning to end the strike by Toronto's garbage collectors and other outside workers.The settlement came after around-the-clock bargaining sparked by a 48-hour ultimatum issued Friday by Mark Ferguson, president of CUPE Local 416, representing some 6,200 outside workers.Ferguson said the next step is for the city to make a deal with striking inside workers represented by CUPE Local 79.He said the outside workers' deal would only be put to a ratification vote once the inside workers have an agreement as well.The strike is not expected to end until then.