From Reuters: (posted June 29)

The union representing workers at Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper has agreed with the paper to sit down with a mediator to try to hammer out a new contract and avoid a strike, the union said on Monday.

In a statement, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union, which represents 480 editorial, advertising and circulation workers at the paper, said the two sides would sit down with a labor mediator on Thursday, extending the current contract by two days.

"There will be no strike, lockout or work-to-rule action earlier than midnight Thursday," the union said, adding that it would impose a news blackout ahead of the Thursday deadline.

The contract had been scheduled to expire at midnight on Tuesday.

The union also said the paper, which is a division of CTVglobemedia had agreed to not implement the terms of the latest contract offer or suspend any part of the collective agreement until after the new deadline.

The AP version had this detail:

The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union said Monday that both sides will meet with labour mediator William Kaplan on Thursday, and that no other strike, lockout or work-to-rule action will be taken before then.

I wonder if it's the same William Kaplan who wrote about Mulroney-Schreiber for the Globe and Mail in 2003. I'm not suggesting a conflict, just curious.