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Local 39-11 unit chair Rob Moquin said the members voted nearly 98 per cent in favour of the agreement. It still has to be ratified by Thunder Bay city council, but City Manager Norm Gale has welcomed the tentative settlement, saying it prevents any disruption of paramedic services. The collective agreement covers only the 108 paramedics assigned to work in the city. Paramedics who work for Superior North EMS in district communities fall under a different bargaining unit. Moquin said the new deal shows that the city values its paramedics because it reduces the compensation gap between them...

Staff photo There will be no strike by paramedics in Thunder Bay. A midnight strike deadline was averted after Unifor Local 39-11 and the City of Thunder Bay reached a tentative agreement. The new four year deal covers 108 paramedics with Superior North Emergency Medical Services. Details of the collective agreement will not be released before the members can vote on it. “The bargaining committee worked to ensure that this tentative agreement recognizes the dedication and significant role our members play in delivering life-saving care to the people of Thunder Bay,” said union official Ro...

. (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com/FILE) THUNDER BAY – A potential strike of paramedics with Superior North EMS has been averted after their union and the City of Thunder Bay reached a tentative deal on a new collective agreement Saturday. Unifor made the announcement around 6 p.m., just hours ahead of a midnight strike deadline. Members of Local 39-11 had provided a strike mandate with a vote of over 99 per cent last month, the union said. The new four-year agreement covers the 108 paramedics who work in the municipality of Thunder Bay (Superior North EMS also serves numerous communities thr...

A possible strike by more than 100 Superior North EMS paramedics has been averted, as their union has reached a tentative agreement with the City of Thunder Bay.

Unifor is pushing the city to reach a deal with paramedics before a fast-approaching strike deadline. Without an agreement, paramedics could walk off the job at 12:01 tomorrow morning. The union says an agreement is in sight, but is criticizing the city for including a demand for frontline paramedics to cover managerial work. Unit Chair for Unifor Local 39-11 City Paramedics Rob Moquin argues that would mean fewer ambulances on the road. “We’re appealing to Mayor Bill Mauro to put patients first and for city negotiators to come back to the bargaining table today to reach a fair settlement...