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Volunteers plan to offer free lunches twice per week until the government shutdown ends.

Municipal employee wage increases and other changes will cost Wrangell close to a half-million dollars over three years. That includes terms of a collective bargaining agreement accepted earlier this month and similar changes for non-union employees approved this week.

The Wrangell Borough Assembly approved an amended contract with union employees during a special meeting Thursday, ending what have been contentious negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

Wrangell has a new agreement with its unionized workers. If approved by the Borough Assembly, it will end three years of sometimes acrimonious talks over wages and benefits.

Wrangell officials have pulled out of contact talks with the union representing municipal workers, which could lead to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers members to go back on strike.
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Wrangell’s municipal workers’ strike is over, at least for now. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Wrangell Borough officials returned to the bargaining table today. That came as the 24 striking workers went back to their jobs.