IBEW members vote to simply accept Hydro Ottawa contract provide Specific Instances

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Members of the Worldwide Brotherhood of Electrical Employees (IBEW) Native 636 have voted to simply accept a contract provide from Hydro Ottawa, based on a union consultant.

Mike Corridor, a enterprise consultant with the union, mentioned 57 per cent of members voted Monday night to simply accept the provide.

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He mentioned members will likely be again at work on Wednesday morning after over 80 days of placing.

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The IBEW Native 636 strike involving virtually 400 Hydro Ottawa staff started on June 28, with main points together with wages, well being advantages and office issues of safety. In a digital vote the night time earlier than, 74 per cent of the union members who participated voted to reject a four-year contract provide. Membership had voted down a earlier contract provide, by 81 per cent, on Could 31.

The collective settlement with IBEW Native 636, which represents trades and technical staff, plus inside staff, together with customer-service representatives, expired March 31.

Final week, about 150 placing Hydro Ottawa staff rallied exterior metropolis corridor as their strike entered its twelfth week. The rally occurred after talks between the union and the city-owned energy utility broke off on Aug. 23.

This newspaper has reached out to Hydro Ottawa for extra info.

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— With information from Blair Crawford