President Mona Fortier takes pitch directly to striking staff as political pressure on Ottawa to find a deal continued.
delayed the arrivals of trucks, causing minor slowdowns, while in Toronto there were reports of picketing workers briefly blocking access to government buildings.
“Those demands haven’t been met at the table, and we will continue to prioritize the needs of our members until we reach a fair deal.” The Tories have yet to say, however, whether they’d support one option for ending the strike — back-to-work legislation — even as they demanded Monday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau himself intervene to end the logjam.
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