Striking Iqaluit Housing Authority workers now locked out by employer

Housing authority says both sides agreed to designate oil burner mechanic as essential worker, will continue work during ongoing dispute

Unionized employees at the Iqaluit Housing Authority who went on strike Friday have officially been locked out of their workplace. The workers, represented by the Nunavut Employees Union, were served notice by the housing authority March 15 that they would be locked out as of Sunday. That followed a 72-hour strike notice issued March 13...

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Our Home: HAP’s end, and prospects for a new legacy

‘Our Home’ is a four-part series examining the old Government of the Northwest Territories Homeownership Assistance Program and the economic and social benefits of Nunavummiut building their own houses. Read more: Part 1: When northern hands build northern homes Part 2: The high cost, low return of public housing Part 3: Building people, building homes…

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Iqaluit Housing Authority unionized workers begin strike

Roughly a dozen unionized workers from the Iqaluit Housing Authority are picketing outside their workplace. Holding posters that said “Be Kind” and “Where’s the Funding,” the workers came out to Federal Road in -22 C weather Friday morning to protest a lack of a new collective agreement between themselves and their employer. Their former collective…

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