A contract dispute launched by jail guards at the Kelowna RCMP detachment is over after an outside arbitrator delivered a ruling on wages, ending a job action that could have resulted in a strike.
The 17 guards, who are employed by Commissionairs B.C. and are members of CUPE Local 338, issued strike notice in December in a bid to increase their wages from $16.50 an hour.
In an effort to avoid a strike, the guards agreed to enter binding arbitration with Commissionaires B.C.,
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