AND the union voted 88% to accept the contract offer. Now it remains to HRM Council to vote to accept it as well tonight. I can't think why they wouldn't. Busses could be back on the streets by Friday. Yay!

I couldn't get to sleep last night. I laid there and my mind was on the spin cycle. Nothing fretting me or anything like that, i just couldn't get my brain settled until nearly midnight. I know that probably doesn't sound all that late for that kind of thing but it is for me. It was a long day, too. I got home from work, slapped a peanutbutter and ( Read more... )

The strike continues. The union offered to go to arbitration but the City said no. It would cost too much (i.e. arbitrators tend to favour the union). They offered the union another conciliator but the union said no. More of the same, they said. Neither side intends on budging over a major issue, how the work is scheduled. Everyone loses.

It's nice ( Read more... )