We discuss the strike that was averted at the last minute, council compensation, an update on the ICE District parking lots.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

Media landscape

• media-new-startups-business-model.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE0.x3hg.byVGn-H1jQCu&smid=url-share">Sprouts of Hope in a Gloomy Media Landscape — The New York Times

Strike avoided

• City-and-Civic-Services-Union-52-reach-a-tentative-agreement.html?soid=1127191170163&aid=YXbvpsKPeEQ">City and Civic Services Union 52 reach a tentative agreement
• Tentative deal reached with City of Edmonton, workers' union says
• Tim Cartmell's tweet
• City council's statement
• CSU52's tweet
• Troy's Tik Tok video / Reddit post
• Letter-to-Edmonton-City-Council-13-March-2024-full-union-name.pdf">Joint letter to city council (PDF)
• Alberta public sector workers want big raises to match inflation
• Strike by city workers could mean big overtime bill as Edmonton police pressed into 911 service

Council compensation

• Edmonton city council gets automatic 2.4% raise in 2024, mayor makes more than Alberta's premier

Parking lots

• edmonton.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=f567e83e-31ab-47e0-88c2-e9f0e8f7ec45&Agenda=PostMinutes&lang=English&Item=31&Tab=attachments">City Council Public Hearing - March 11, 2024

Rapid fire

• News Release: City-of-Edmonton-adds-Commonwealth-Recreation-Centre-to-its-growing-number-of-solar-installations.html?soid=1127191170163&aid=BJjdIfvK_9k">City of Edmonton adds Commonwealth Recreation Centre to its growing number of solar installations
• 'Dangerous' cave found in Edmonton's river valley was purposely dug out for shelter: police
• Meet Rocky the Ram, the legislature's mascot

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