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The union representing Creighton Community School teachers has applied for conciliation after negotiations with the provincial government hit an impasse this week. The Saskatchewan Teachers Federation, which represents all teachers across the province, has been without a contract since the end of August. The main sticking point in the talks has reportedly been the province's wage restriction of no increase in the first year and one per cent in each of the next two years. Lyle Vinish, the union's general secretary, said in a press statement that "patience is at an end unless we get a turnaround here quickly." According to Vinish, conciliation has been deemed necessary "only because the resources have not been made available to construct a fair and reasonable collective agreement." Jacquie McLean, a spokesperson for the Department of Learning, told CBC that the government doesn't plan to budge on its wage restriction. Vinish said the union's negotiating team would be ready to meet at any time if the government comes up with a meaningful change of position.
