A strike involving First Student bus drivers in the Kincardine and Owen Sound areas has been averted after new agreements were reached with their employer. Article content

The Owen Sound-area members of Unifor Local 4268 voted in favour of ratifying their new agreement on Thursday evening, while the Kincardine-area members were to vote on the tentative agreement on Friday morning. Article content

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Local 4268 President Debbie Montgomery said Friday morning that there will be no strike. The members had been in a legal strike position and their union had set a deadline of Monday for strike action if a deal could not be reached.

“It was tough clearly, and we don’t like pushing things right down to the line,” said Montgomery. “I think our members so far

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