Its time for this Union to S*it or get off the pot! If your gonna Strike, THEN STRIKE….if your Gonna Settle, THEN SETTLE, one has to wonder just what Union Pres Janet Bigelow is thinking by dragging this out longer and longer.

Understand that the City has made another offer, and the Union will consider it. So there will be nothing further Until after January 1st 2014.

Hmmmm. This covers off the statutory holidays, allows for overtime over the holidays, and lets Management spend Christmas and New Years with their families.

No mention lately of working to rule, so perhaps that too have gone away for now.

Seems we have two winners so far. 1. Unions 2. Management

Losers?? Taxpayers.

Palopu or should I call you an internet Grinch,

Just be happy that someone is out there doing the jobs that the “Taxpayers” are not capable of or not interested in doing. Also remember that city workers are “Taxpayer” too. Call yourself a loser if you like but that doesn’t include the rest of us that support all members of both CUPE locals. Merry Christmas G

Dawson Creek recently settled with their municipal workers, the contract providing for wage increases. Of course, our local Union Reps have suggested that if Dawson Creek’s employees can obtain a new contract with wage increases, then Prince George municipal workers should also be able to obtain wage increases.

Perhaps Dawson Creek’s last contract provided far less than the very generous 16% cumulative 5 year increase that was received here? Of course our local Union Reps haven’t stated what Dawson Creek’s last contract provided to it’s workers!

Does anybody here know what Dawson Creek’s municipal workers received in their last contract?

I read somewhere that Garry Campbell from cupe outside workers said that DC got 2.5% in the first year and they would settle for something similar, if that is what they want better brush the snow off the picket signs in the new year.

It shouldn’t matter what CUPE members got in other communities, they have their own debt, tax, and budget situations to contend with.

I hope the union isn’t using that to back up their offer… “So and so community got X%, so we should get that too!”. Weak argument at best.

Eddie Adams. City workers only pay taxes after the City collects the money from **real** taxpayers and gives it to their employees,. They only pay taxes on paper. The **real** taxes are paid for by Business, and people who work for private industry. If your salary comes from taxpayers, then your taxes are paid for by taxpayers.

Taxpayers are capable and are interested in doing some of this work. I don’t necessarily agree with the concept of contracting out, however if we cant get value for our tax dollars then whats the option.

Some people are only getting their first snow removal to-day 9 days after the first dump , even as the second big dump is taking place. Is this what they pay taxes for?????

I suspect that the snow removal crews that work over the Christmas, New Years Holidays and others, will make huge dollars in overtime, plus the stat holidays, and that more than anything is why they had the **feeble** one day strike last week.

JB says “I hope the union isn’t using that to back up their offer… “So and so community got X%, so we should get that too!”. Weak argument at best”

Seems to me that’s exactly what the city does when it comes to council wages, managers wages and city taxes.

Agreed oldun hence the retarded storm water levy!

Oldun: “Seems to me that’s exactly what the city does when it comes to council wages, managers wages and city taxes.”

Many wrongs do not make a right. And who gets to pay for it all in the end? That’s right, the taxpayer.