WINNIPEG — A union representing approximately 120 workers who provide meter readings, inspections and location services for Manitoba Hydro customers says...
WINNIPEG — A union representing approximately 120 workers who provide meter readings , inspections and location services for Manitoba Hydro customers says members have voted to strike in support of their demands for a new contract.
Unifor issued a statement saying 92 per cent of members of Local 681, who work for Manitoba Hydro's subsidiary Utility Services, voted in favour of a strike Saturday.Unifor says workers are seeking similar gains to those it says the crown-owned utility has already ratified for public sector workers, but it says bargaining hit an impasse earlier this month.Local 681's last contract expired nearly two years ago, and the union says the unit has only seen wages rise 1.
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Obnoxious ‘rich kid of instagram’ gets arrested on his father’s boat after drunkenly harassing restaurant staffMan Allegedly Shoots Teen After ‘Senior Assassin’ Prank Involving DaughterA Florida woman charged with leaving her boyfriend to die after he was zipped into a suitcase in their home will go on trial in October following a hearing on Friday. An Oct. 7 trial date was set during a court hearing for Sarah Boone in state court in Orlando, almost four years after her arrest.
A 75-year-old woman at a Saskatoon campground was threatened at knifepoint by a woman who went on to steal her truck, and tried to abduct the senior in the process, according to police.Police were called around 1:20 p.m. Wednesday about a robbery in progress at a campground in the 1600 block of Avenue P South, a Friday news release said. That's the location of the Gordon Howe Campground, which borders Saskatoon French Elementary School.
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