Borough, union to negotiate staff wages next month

The Haines Borough and Public Employees Local 71 are in the midst of labor negotiations.

Borough manager Annette Kreitzer said 17 of the 22 articles of the borough employee’s collective bargaining agreement have been agreed to, not including wages and benefits.

“As can be expected in almost any labor negotiation, wages and benefits remain to be discussed,” Kreitzer told the CVN.  “We’ll start in on those April 5 and 6.  We did agree to ground…