Nunavut power workers reject wage offer, threaten strike – Nunatsiaq News
July 06, 2015
Union members voted 92 per cent for strike last March
Unionized workers at the Qulliq Energy Corp. are threatening to strike if their employer doesn’t improve a proposed wage-benefit deal that workers voted June 26 to reject, the Nunavut Employees Union said July 3.
“We are prepared to serve strike notice as early as next week. But we are open to returning to the bargaining table if the employer is willing to compromise,” Bill Fennell, the president of the NEU, said in a news release.
The NEU is a component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, a big national organization that represents mostly government workers.
Wage talks broke down this past December, despite the efforts of mediator Colin Taylor, who could not resolve the impasse.
