Todd Parsons, president of the Union of Northern Workers, says the GNWT's latest counter offer in collective agreement negotiations is insulting.
- NNSL file photo
Counter-offer an 'insult'GNWT proposes 14-hour work day, six cent pay increase
Sara Wilson
Northern News Services
Friday, February 3, 2012
NWT
The president of the GNWT's labour union is calling the government's counter offer in current collective agreement negotiations an insult.
Government employees were presented with a package including a 14-hour work day and a six cent per hour wage increase in the second round of negotiations with the Union of Northern Workers (UNW).
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Former teacher accused of sexual assault appears in court A former Inuvik teacher accused of multiple offences, including sexual assault and making child pornography, appeared in territorial court by video Wednesday afternoon.
Hugues Latour, who is in custody in Yellowknife, addressed three charges – forcible entry, common assault and breach of the terms and conditions of his release from jail on a prior charge.
Top honour for NWT educator If you spend 10 minutes talking to Al Karasiuk – principal of the Paul W. Kaeser School in Fort Smith – it's easy to understand why he's one of Canada's Outstanding Principals.
Hard work, dedication and an 'outside the box' approach to education helped the Winnipeg native win the award – which is handed out by the Learning Partnership, a charitable organization that advocates for public education through research, policy and leadership.
Colourful faces at Kids Carnival NWT NEWS/NORTH -A kids' carnival gave residents of Inuvik a chance to engage in some old-fashioned fun last weekend, something many needed after a record-breaking blizzard tore through the community.
At left: Euodia Mutua, a student at Samuel Hearne Secondary School, focuses her concentration on painting a blue butterfly on Jazzlynn Charlie's face during the Kids' Carnival earlier this month.
Jumping for a medal Figure skaters from Inuvik battled the elements to join with competitors from around the territory to compete in this year's NWT Figure Skating Territorial Championships in Hay River from Jan. 20 to 21.
More than 100 skaters, dressed in colourful garb, jumped, spun, twirled, and danced their way across the ice at the Don Stewart Recreation Centre with their sites set on the podium.
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