strike vote
TRU faculty association votes to take job action
KAMLOOPS – Thompson Rivers University faculty have indicated they are willing to strike if a new contract with their employer cannot be reached. According to the faculty association’s website, 80 per cent of the membership voted today, Nov. 20, in favour of job action. The university and its professors have been engaged in collective bargaining...
Talks break down between City of Kelowna and CUPE
KELOWNA – There are no plans for job action just yet as talks between the City of Kelowna and its unionized workers have broken off. “After five days of mediation we were unable to come to agreement,” a Thursday posting on the CUPE Local 338 website says. “Talks were progressing but both sides were unable to...