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17 | Friday, June 19, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com WHY IS THERE A POWER STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOCAL 183 AND OAKVILLE HYDRO? Oakville Hydro Corporation is committed to successfully concluding this set of negotiations as soon as possible and will provide more information as it becomes available. Liuna Local 183 is in a legal strike position because Oakville Hydro refuses to take our workers seriously. Oakville Hydro refuses to negotiate an industry standard rate with Liuna Local 183 as we fight on behalf of the workers of PVS. Worst of all, Oakville Hydro refuses to tell the truth. The truth is that there have been numerous service delays, and multiple customer complaints that Oakville Hydro is not interested in addressing. It's time for us to restore the distribution of power at Oakville Hydro and give it back to the residents of Oakville. LiUNA Local 183 Proudly Supports the Workers of PVS For more information www.local183.ca For visit more information visit www.local183.ca " " On May 20th Oakville Hydro released the following statement: An affiliate of Oakville Hydro Corporation called PVS Contractors Inc. is in a legal strike position and began picketing on May 20, 2015. PVS provides commercial customers with `locate' services to identify underground utility infrastructure. As the owner of PVS, Oakville Hydro Corporation has been negotiating for several months to establish a collective agreement with the Labourers' International Union of North America (LiUNA), Local 183, which represents these PVS employees in the Greater Toronto Area.