Government engineers have been escalating strike action after 22 months without a contract, now removing their services from highways across Ontario.
The union representing striking engineers employed by the Ontario government is again escalating its industrial action by removing workers from a slew of highway projects in a decision it says will throw sand in the gears of the province’s infrastructure expansion plans.
On Nov. 15 and Nov. 16, the two sides engaged in two days of bargaining, the union said, which yielded “modest progress” but still left them far apart. “PEGO members earn substantially less than the market for professional engineers and land surveyors in Ontario and this means the talent and expertise needed to deliver on the ambitious infrastructure agenda of the government is in jeopardy.”The Ontario treasury board, which leads negotiations, has said it has made reasonable offers. The union has been without a deal for 22 months.
Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria, whose projects appear to be the most impacted by the strike action, has said he plans to find ways around the strike.
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