Photo: Is the QEC strike close to a settlement?

Adam Kilukishak, a unionized employee with the Qulliq Energy Corp., holds a placard saying “Fair deal or no deal” as fellow employees walk the picket line outside the Nunavut Employees Union building in Iqaluit Aug. 10. NEU president Bill Fennell told Nunatsiaq News Aug. 10 that the two sides have been back at the negotiating table since Aug. 6 — the first time the two sides have met since the strike began July 16. The union is expecting a counter-offer from the QEC today, Fennell said. Read more on Nunatsiaqonline.ca (PHOTO BY THOMAS ROHNER)