Irving Shipyard and the union representing about 850 shipyard workers announced a tentative agreement in Halifax on Wednesday, days after the union postponed a planned strike.
“No details will be disclosed about this new tentative agreement until the union has had an opportunity to present the agreement to the membership,” read a press release from Unifor MWF 1.
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A near-verbatim sentence was in a separate press release sent by Irving.
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Last week, 75 per cent of voting members voted to reject a tentative agreement with the company.
In a press conference on Thursday, members said they had issues with the number of temporary foreign workers working for Irving, and members not getting any sick day allowances.
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Members said they planned to go on strike on Saturday. On Friday, the union announced the strike would be postponed, and it would return to the bargaining table with Irving on Monday.
The Halifax shipyard is tasked with building the next generation of vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy.
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