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Rogers ends lockout of Kootenay technicians after 9 days

The union says its members are back to work, although there's no new progress on a collective agreement
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Technicians represented by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 213 picket in Castlegar on March 19 after being locked out by the telecom Rogers. The company says those workers have since returned to the job.

Rogers' technicians in the Kootenays are back to work after the telecom ended its nine-day lockout.

Twenty-six employees were locked out of their offices on March 19 during labour negotiations between International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 213.

The technicians based in Nelson, Castlegar, Grand Forks, Trail, Cranbrook, Creston, Fairmont and Fernie install and maintain networks for residences and businesses, answer service calls and work on infrastructure.

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