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‘Strike Notice’ lifted

The potential for job action by support staff in three Okanagan school districts has been headed off, according to union officials.

CUPE spokesman Nathan Allen said a tentative deal was reached late Monday afternoon following a bargaining session between CUPE local 523 and its employer.

No details of Monday’s tentative agreement have been released.

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OKANAGAN – 72 hour strike notice served November 28thy by CUPE Local 523 representing education workers of three Okanagan school districts has been lifted.

A tentative settlement has been reached averting job action at local schools.

The potential job action was threatened in School District 53 (Okanagan Similkameen), School District 67(Okanagan Skaha), and School District 83(North Okanagan Shuswap).

The CUPE Local 523 Bargaining Committee said it was frustrated that the employer group  had demanded a concession. The three school districts bargain together and have a single collective agreement with the approximately 1150 members of CUPE Local 523.