Municipal workers for the Town of Amherstburg voted 100 per cent in favour of strike action at a membership meeting held Monday for IBEW Local 636, Unit 27.
The union represents both inside and outside workers for the town. Their contract expires Dec. 31.
There were 43 out of a total 55 members in attendance.
“We’re so far apart I’d be surprised if we work it out,” said Brian Manninger, the local’s business representative.
Manninger said the local signed a one-year extension to the collective agreement with no wage increase last year to help the town “get through a financially tough time.”
Negotiations broke down Nov. 3 after both sides had met three times. Manninger said the union filed for conciliation and he’s heard that process will begin Dec. 7.
Manninger said the biggest issue blocking an agreement is a 35-page document of concessions tabled by the town.
