NAPE workers on the Burin peninsula are no closer to a deal after the latest round of talks with government have broken off. The union is now calling on the Premier to get involved. President Carol Furlong says she doesn’t think Danny Williams knows what’s really happening at the bargaining table and the fact that at issue is 40 cents an hour. She says she’ll be writing to tell him of the careless attitude his negotiators have shown towards this particular group of workers and their clients. She says if the Premier knew, he would be outraged. She says she doesn’t believe he’s aware of what the latest proposal was and what it means.

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