There will be a rally this Friday at 10am in front of the Town of Antigonish Town Hall (274 Main Street, Antigonish) at 10am to support the locked out IBEW Local 1928 members with the electrical utility for the Town of Antigonish. Bring your noisemakers, your sunscreen, your singing voice, and your walking shoes. 

The negotiating issue is around a removal of a payout for accumulated sick time at retirement. Though the Town's high-priced lawyer followed all the legal steps to put the workers in a lockout/strike position, the Town's position has always been that they would remove this benefit and pay what was owed at 30%. The negotiating committee offered several middle-of-the-road options in order to secure agreement from the members of the bargaining unit—these were rejected by the Town. No other solutions to the Town's problem (not having set aside the money for this contractual obligation) have been put before the members.