Photo: A big year for public sector workers in Nunavut

Public sector workers and their friends line up for a free barbecue Sept. 5 at Sylvia Grinnell Park in Iqaluit. This year has turned out to be tough one for Nunavut’s public sector workers and their employers. Three groups — at the City of Iqaluit, the Qulliq Energy Corp. and the Government of Nunavut — are preparing for strike mandate votes right now after failing to reach new wage-benefit deals with their respective employers after months of negotiations. Union negotiators at the City of Iqaluit and the GN have rejected 1 per cent a year wage offers and the QEC unit has rejected a 2 per cent a year wage offer. (PHOTO BY JIM BELL)