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2727Saskatoon Co-op employees are about to start their sixth month on the picket line — and there is little indication their union and the co-operative’s management are close to reaching a settlement to end the divisive dispute.

No bargaining dates are scheduled, and the union says it received no response after submitting a contract offer last month. The union’s attempts to reach an agreement through binding arbitration have also failed to reach fruition.

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“It doesn’t seem to matter what we put forward, they seem to reject it without counter-offering,” said Rod Gillies, a spokesman for United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1400, which represents the roughly 900 striking workers.

“If we can get back to the table and bargain something substantive, will we bring it to the membership for a vote? Yeah, we will. Will the membership agree or disagree to it? I can’t answer (that),” Gillies added.