Union Lifts Media Blackout

The striking civil servants union is ignoring a media blackout on contract talks with the provincial government.
Provincial Union President Leah Casselman is denying reports the province has put a substantial new offer on the bargaining table.
Casselman believes Premier Ernie Eves has been misinformed by his bureaucrats.
She feels Eves needs to get personally involved in the six-week-old strike to get his facts straight.
Four thousand public workers are off the job in the Northwest.
Fire managers, who are considered emergency personnel, remain on the job since the fire season is now underway.