Strike! Double! Turkey! ... Gutterball
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English - March 15, 2024 18:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGovernment News edmonton yeg politics news city council yegcc local Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We discuss the strike that was averted at the last minute, council compensation, an update on the ICE District parking lots.
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Media landscape
Strike avoided
City and Civic Services Union 52 reach a tentative agreementTentative deal reached with City of Edmonton, workers' union saysTim Cartmell's tweetCity council's statementCSU52's tweetTroy's Tik Tok video / Reddit postJoint letter to city council (PDF)Alberta public sector workers want big raises to match inflationStrike by city workers could mean big overtime bill as Edmonton police pressed into 911 serviceCouncil compensation
Edmonton city council gets automatic 2.4% raise in 2024, mayor makes more than Alberta's premierParking lots
City Council Public Hearing - March 11, 2024Rapid fire
News Release: City of Edmonton adds Commonwealth Recreation Centre to its growing number of solar installations'Dangerous' cave found in Edmonton's river valley was purposely dug out for shelter: policeMeet Rocky the Ram, the legislature's mascotSpeaking Municipally is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community. Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!