The potential end to the mill strike is the news of the day today. The union is now voting on a deal struck last weekend between union leaders and management, who are both encouraging the voting members to pass it. The problem is that a third of the millworkers who are voting today will not have jobs to go back to. The fear of many is that they will purposefully vote against the deal, since strike pay is better than no pay. Although, I heard this morning that the national office of the CEP union is set to cut off their contribution should the deal fall through.
I'll keep my ear to the ground as best I can. Provincial news is hard to come by these days as the CBC is on strike and they have been the only source of free information here. Just about all the other media is controlled by the Irvings who require you to either shell out the cash for one of their papers or pay for an online subscription to read just about anything on their site.
Friday, August 19, 2005
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