Midwestern

Wellington North Contracts

A new three-year agreement has been reached between Wellington North and 17 of its 35 fulltime employees who are members of CUPE.

It gives most of the 17 non supervisory employees an extra 1.5% the first year, 1.6% the second year and 1.7% the third year.

CAO Michael Givens said the negotiations went smoothly and the union requests were reasonable.

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Scoreboard, Aug 5

The Toronto Blue Jays lost 7-2 to the Houston Astros on Tuesday while the Detroit Tigers won their fourth straight, 8-0 over Seattle.