SIAST management, not SGEU, walks away from mediation - September 6, 2011

Despite claims by SIAST management, SGEU's SIAST Academic and Professional Services negotiating committees were, and continue to be, committed to resolving the current labour dispute through mediation.

"We worked with the mediator until late Monday night and were taken off guard when SIAST unilaterally altered a proposed agreement. The change they made would have effectively taken away our right to strike. They presented the document they had revised - which they knew we could not accept - and walked away from the table," according to Bob Bymoen, SGEU president.

"SGEU did not end the mediation process. We were there and prepared to keep on working towards a settlement," Bymoen adds.

For further information, contact:

Lara Abu-Ghazaleh

Communications Officer

(306) 775-7877

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