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By Cam Lee

Contract impasse

Town of Tisdale, unionized employees remain without deal

Nov 13, 2019 | 5:30 PM

A local town and its unionized workers with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have failed to come together on a new collective agreement.

Committees from CUPE Local 777-02 and the Town of Tisdale met Oct. 30 to try to come to an agreement through voluntary mediation, but those efforts were unsuccessful.

The membership had rejected a tentative agreement.

On Nov. 6, CUPE sent a request to the office of Don Morgan, the Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety that the union would like to apply for mediation under Section 6-33 of The Saskatchewan Employment Act in an effort to come to an agreement on a new contract.

The section stipulates that after written notice, the minister must appoint a labour relations officer or special mediator to the dispute.

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A government spokesperson says Morgan is “in the process” of appointing an officer or mediator.

The letter CUPE sent to Morgan’s office said Article 33 of the current collective agreement between CUPE and the Town of Tisdale ensures the union “will provide emergency service sufficient to maintain the Town’s water supply and sewerage disposal system.”

Town of Tisdale CAO Brad Hvidston told northeastNOW he wouldn’t comment extensively on the situation as it is an “employment issue.”

“We just hope we can find some resolve on the issue that works for both sides in the near future,” Hvidston said.

CUPE National Representative Janice Janzen did not respond to northeastNOW by deadline.

The previous agreement between the Town of Tisdale and members of CUPE Local 777-02 expired Dec. 31, 2018.

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