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KITIMAT - There is still no end in sight for the three-month DisEVERY WEDNESDAY AT 10 P.M. trict of Kitimat workers’ strike that has left Kitimat at a standstill. Unifor 2300 has rejected binding arbitration as the third TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 2 for 1 Appy Special Wings only $649/lb. round of mediation between the union and the District failed to $4 Highballs (Dine in only) reach a deal by the afternoon of THURSDAY May 23. Negotiations had to be Wings buy 1 lb get 2nd pound for only $2 wrapped-up by that time because the mediator was scheduled to fly (Dine in only) out of town. Your Hub for Sports & 30 flavours of Wings! In a subsequent press release on May 25, the District of KitiTues: 4 pm - Midnight mat proposed binding arbitration Wed - Sat: 4 pm - 2 am – a process that would see a mediator draw-up a deal after lisClosed Sun & Mon tening to both parties. If binding Kids welcome ‘til 10 p.m. with adult
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arbitration was agreed to, employees would have returned to work while the process occurred. The union refused to comment on the District’s proposal until three days later when they informed the District of their decision to reject the proposal. Their announcement was relayed to the public through the District’s press release on May 28. Unifor 2300 could not be reached for comment on their decision to reject binding arbitration. As for reaching a deal, the latest three-day round of mediation was the last instalment of nine days of mediated discussion between the union and the District that have only aggravated tensions between them. In the last minutes of the May 23 meeting, the union’s Bargain-
ing Committee outlined their “Bedrock Position.” They stated that this final Offer to Settle was “the bare minimum that will improve our working lives.” The District was unable to respond to the proposal slated just five minutes before the mediator’s departure. That is when the District decided to propose binding arbitration. “Enough is enough, we are willing to put everything on the table,” said Mayor Phil Germuth of the proposal. The union then rejected the proposal, but maintained in a press release on May 26 that they are getting close to a deal. Both sides claim to have made significant compromises over the mediation process and blame the other party for the
stalemate. Mayor Phil Germuth maintains that the District’s offer is fair and, in a press release on May 25, states that “this dispute is ultimately about who is going to run the District of Kitimat.” The union maintains issues around safety and harassment and the extent of contracted-out work are not being properly addressed by the District’s proposals. They also have concerns about signing an agreement that does not guarantee a minimum number of full-time jobs nor assigns wage increases based on the level of new industry in Kitimat. The district maintains its proposed 2.5 per cent wage increase in each of the next three years and new full-time jobs in leisure services are generous.
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