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Deal averts strike at EDCL Union agrees to offer after shortening length of contract to three years JAMES JACKSON It wasn’t quite an eleventh-hour deal, but workers at Elmira District Community Living managed to avoid a strike this week by agreeing to a new three-year deal with their employer. Local union president Trudy Allen said that 94 per cent of employees at EDCL, members of OPSEU Local 253, voted in favour of the new contract. “Talks were going on Saturday night, and we met Sunday morning at 10 a.m. to finalize the details,” said Allen of the deal, which was ratified Monday afternoon. The workers, who had been without a contract since March 2010, were seeking a four-year deal that would provide a lumpsum payment of $850 in each of the first two years per full time equivalency, and a 2.5 per cent wage increase in years three and four. EDCL countered with a lump-sum payment of $1,132 combined over the first two years, a one per cent increase in year three, and a zero per cent increase in year four. The deal which was eventually accepted by the union was that same offered by EDCL, but with the fourth year removed, meaning both sides will be back at the bargaining table when this new deal expires next April. “We’re hoping to give the employer time
Like many athletes, some Sugar King players have rituals to keep the mojo going Sugar King forward Cash Seraphim has had his hair cut into a Mohawk and dyed blonde for the team’s playoff run. Many of the Kings have pre-game superstitions or rituals. See story and photos on page 11. [colin dewar / the observer]
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