Thursday, August 20, 2009

Driver's Examiners Threaten Strike Action

A strike by Ontario's driving examiners has been averted, at least for another day, while negotiations continue.

Members of the United Steelworkers local 9511 initially planned to strike this morning, but have now been told to ``report to work as scheduled.''

But president James Young says if a tentative deal is not reached by 2 tomorrow morning, workers will walk off the job.

The union represents employees at 55 of Ontario's full DriveTest locations, including those at the centre in Fort Frances.