Hay River, N.W.T., municipal workers strike delayed by paperwork
Union of Northern Workers to file 72-hour strike notice once documentation received
Town workers will not hit the picket line in Hay River, N.W.T., Friday, due to some last-minute paperwork.
The Union of Northern Workers says it still needs approval from the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to go ahead with a strike of Town of Hay River employees.
Todd Parsons, president of the UNW, says this was an error on the part of the union.
"It's unfortunate," he said. "The union should have been aware of this. It's certainly an administrative error that's causing the delay in the strike action by the members."
Earlier this week, the union accused the town of planning to bring in out-of-town workers to run the Zamboni for a weekend hockey tournament.
Mayor Andrew Cassidy said no one from the town approached out-of-town workers for the tournament, and said the town doesn't use replacement workers, and never planned to use them.
Once the union receives the proper documentation from the Industrial Relations Board, it will serve a 72-hour strike notice.
The town plans to hold a closed meeting Friday to discuss details around the strike.
The town employees' collective agreement expired in December 2013.