TORONTO – The union representing employees with the Canadian Hearing Society says talks aimed at ending an Ontario-wide strike have broken down.
In a statement, the Canadian Union of Public Employees says it could not reach a deal with the hearing society after four days of bargaining.
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The unionized workers, who have been on strike since March 6, include counsellors, literacy instructors, audiologists, speech language pathologists and interpreters.
READ MORE: Canadian Hearing Society workers launch strike action
They work at 24 Canadian Hearing Society offices across Ontario.
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The society has said it is trying to reach a deal that will position the organization well for the future to provide services and programs to its clients.
The society is a non-profit organization that says it provides services, products and information that remove barriers to communication for people who are culturally deaf, deafened and hard of hearing.
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