Just another WordPress site
The NSGEU says it and the province remain far apart on terms of a new contract, so they are adjourning the negotiations until after the holidays.
Union President Jason MacLean says the union wants the McNeil Government to return to the table then with a more reasonable position.
The Finance Department said, in an email to CBC, it feels talks this week were productive discussions and is hopeful a deal can be reached when they get back to the bargaining table in the New Year.
The city is adding $9 million to its $21 million paving budget for next year because it didn’t spend it this year.
The Herald reports there was a large turnover of design engineers in the public works department during the planning season. So fewer projects were designed in a critical three month period before tenders go out. The design engineers create contracts, decide where maintenance needs to be done, including a detailed description of the work to be done.