{"id":673764,"date":"2026-05-16T16:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/673764\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T16:33:10","slug":"ttc-strike-talks-between-ttc-and-union-continue-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/673764\/","title":{"rendered":"TTC strike: Talks between TTC and union continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Efforts to avoid a strike by Toronto Transit Commission employees are going into overtime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A statement released early Saturday morning says both the TTC and CUPE Local 2 have agreed to extend talks beyond the Friday midnight deadline to 6 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The two sides have been at an impasse in contract talks following weeks of negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Earlier this week, TTC CEO Mandeep Lali said the union\u2019s latest proposal would cost an additional $40 million over the term of the agreement, and the TTC couldn\u2019t accept a deal that would place an unfair burden on taxpayers and transit users.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778949190_744_ZYGWSAMLYZDJTNDXU7UL2GULNQ.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"435\"\/>Mandeep Lali TTC CEO Mandeep Lali speaking to CP24 (File photo). <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the union says competitive wages are critical to a \u201csafe, reliable system,\u201d and the TTC\u2019s latest offer does not reflect the value of the work performed by roughly 700 electrical workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Premier Doug Ford weighed in on the negotiations at an unrelated press conference on Tuesday, saying he hoped both parties would \u201ccome to their senses\u201d to keep trains running during the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Efforts to avoid a strike by Toronto Transit Commission employees are going into overtime. A statement released early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":673587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48,47,11867],"class_list":["post-673764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-national","tag-ontario-quebec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/673587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}