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Duck Race sells out raising $22,100 for Food Bank C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Thousands of yellow plastic ducks have had their annual dunk in Mark Creek, been collected and put away until next year. The Royal LePage East Kootenay Realty Kimberley Food Bank Duck Race was another sell-out success this year, with every one of the 5,000 tickets sold, raising $22,100. Winner of the first prize of $2500 cash was SUBMITTED PHOTO Wayne Geiger of Fair- Realtors Marilyn Jolie and Audrey Welk, who put up the $2500 cash mont. prize, present the winners cheque to Wayne Geiger of Fairmont. See DUCK, page 3
LABOUR RELATIONS
City, Union mediation dates set; KSCU, Union mediation fails
Postal strike looms as well C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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Royal LePage East Kootenay Reality Kimberley Food Bank Duck Race volunteer Darren Close snatches the winning duck from the waters of Mark Creek on July 1. All duck race tickets sold out, raising $22,100 for the Food Bank.
The city of Kimberley and Steelworkers Local I-405 will be meeting with a mediator from the BC Labour Relations Board on July 11 and 12, rather than the 13 as originally announced. Both sides are hopeful an agreement can be reached through mediation. Trevor Sonnes, who assisted the two in finalizing the last collective agreement between the Steelworkers and the Cty of
Kimberley is the mediator appointed by the Labour Board. Meanwhile, union employees of Kootenay Savings Credit Union are pondering their next move after mediation in late June failed. The USW Locals 1-405 and 9705 representing 110 unionized staff at Kootenay Savings Credit Union at branches in the East and West Kootenay, participated in mediation with provincial mediator Dave Schaub from the BC Labour Relations Board and KSCU on June 20 and 21. Dean Lott, USW Staff Rep and lead negotiator said there was some
progress on Day 2 but it still came down to the employer including concessions on pension protection language and zero pay increases in the first two years. Unionized staff previously voted 94 per cent in favour of strike action. A union press release said the next steps are being evaluated and could include 72hour strike notice. And Canada Post regular service and parcel delivery could be suspended as early as Friday, as the corporation issued 72-hour lockout notice to its unionized workforce on Tuesday.