Moncton transit talks resume
The Canadian Press
Posted: Nov 25, 2012 1:53 PM AT
Last Updated: Nov 25, 2012 5:23 PM AT
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Talks resumed Sunday to resolve a five-month lockout of Moncton's municipal transit workers.
The breakthrough came after Monday's council meeting, when the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union said he now backed an offer the union had earlier rejected.
On Sunday, city spokesman Paul Thomson said talks had resumed.
He called the union's move "a positive step" that led both sides to resume negotiations.
"The membership has decided they would accept, and I would recommend, the offer of 2.75 over a term of five years. That is an offer the city already made on April 1. We feel it's time to bring this to an end," union head George Turpel said Monday.
Thomson says the two sides are the closest they've been to a resolution since the lockout started on June 27.
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