A feudal system--that's what chief negotiator Dan Oldfield calls Maritime Broadcasting, with its employees voting unanimously for a strike mandate. They cite salaries capped at $28,500 dollars and mandatory unpaid work time as stumbling blocks.
Oldfield says the offers they've received have been insulting and the broadcasting company has shown no respect for its staff.
MBS is in a legal strike position at of June 1. If a collective agreement is not reached Oldfield says all 3 MBS-owned stations in Saint John will have to outsource their broadcasts from elsewhere.
