Unionized borough workers want more contract talks

Alaska’s IBEW Local 1547 represents 24 Wrangell municipal workers. (Photo by Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau)Wrangell’s municipal employees’ union has authorized a strike. But one of its leaders said members don’t really want to.
Mark Armstrong is a shop steward for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represents 24 city and borough staffers. He said the union voted to authorize a strike twice before this year. Both times, municipal officials respon