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A year after collective agreements for all 10 of the city’s unions expired, neither side appears ready to blink amid protracted negotiations, say city councillors and union leaders.

But despite the bargaining impasse, which continued through the city setting its four-year budget in November, no labour action is currently on the horizon, said D’Arcy Lanovaz, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 38, which is responsible for the city’s inside workers.

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“We’re still a ways apart. Our members are fully understanding — we knew it was going to be a bit of a hard road compared to past negotiations,” he said.

“We’re still negotiating, but we haven’t even gone to mediation. A strike is always a tool but nobody wants to go there.”

Contracts for nine city unions expired last Jan. 5, while the 10th and final bargaining unit, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, saw theirs lapse last March.