Ottawa deal?
Negotiators on both sides of the Ottawa Sun/Sun Media contract talks
were quiet last night, but a reliable source says a tentative deal was
reached and will be voted on today.
The 32 unionized newsroom employees set a Monday midnight deadline
last week and then extended the deadline to midnight Wednesday.
The union members have been negotiating for their first three-year
contract since March of 2006.
A settlement for the CEP employees would be timely, with the Ottawa
Senators about to compete in the Stanley Cup finals.
The 50 unionized London Free Press employees, members of CEP's
Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guide, settled May 11 for 2% pay hikes in
each year of their new three-year contract.
Meanwhile, more than 250 Journal de Quebec employees, members of CUPE,
continue their month-long lockout/sympathy strike in Quebec City.
And newsroom employees at Sun Media's Simcoe Reformer have set a
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