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AUGUST 16, 2016
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Is 2016 the new 1936?
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Key issues still troubling Kimberley union C AROLYN GR ANT
With negotiations stalled, and mediation having failed, the City of Kimberley and the Unit-
ed Steelworkers are now headed to a membership vote on the last offer. There has been some movement, but key is-
sues continue to trouble the Union, said a USW press release. One of the those is the S.E.S. Job Evaluation
System. The City considers it a failed experiment that leads to inequity between departments, while the Union says its
removal would allow the employer to change jobs, descriptions and duties as they see fit without any recourse for the em-
ployee to have the position fairly evaluated. “The current job evaluation system compares positions internally, but there are no comparisons to other municipalities,” said the City press release. “The Union is
seeking to have Aquatic Centre positions run through the S.E.S. system, which would result in significantly higher wage costs to run the aquatic centre.
See CITY, Page 5
Police search for missing Delta last seen in Cranbrook
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Cranbrook veteran Lee Brown was inducted into a select international group on Saturday, August, 13, at a ceremony at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 24 Cranbrook. France presented Brown with that nation’s highest award — the Legion of Honour — for Brown’s services in the skies over wartorn Europe in 1944. See full story, Page 3.
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