Grand Forks Library Lockout Mediation Scheduled.

According to a notice on the Grand Forks Library web site, a mediation session was scheduled for Wednesday February 25.  According to the PDF posted there the board recommended that there be no preconditions other than that both the Library and the Union both agree to participate.  The mediator is said to be Mark Atkinson.
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CUPE BC president joins rally for Grand Forks public library workers

GRAND FORKS —The president of CUPE BC will be in Grand Forks Saturday, February 21 to support locked out library workers. Canadian Union of Public Employees (BC Division) president Barry O’Neill will be joined by BC Federation of Labour secretary-treasurer Angie Schira and CUPE BC vice president Bev LaPointe.
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Solidarity with Grand Forks Library workers.

Less than a year after the Victoria Library Lockout, another Employer has seen fit to lock out Library workers, this time in Grand Forks, B.C., CUPE local 2274.  This time the Employer seeks to gut previously negotiated and long standing workers rights.  Details may be found at the CUPE National website.
We express our solidarity with [...]