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After more than a week of 24/7 patrols, Mineral County Sheriff Tom Bower and Undersheriff Mike Boone, can finally take a day off. According to Teamsters Local 2 Spokesman Shawn Fontaine, Deputies, dispatchers and detention officers went back to work this morning, June 8, and ended the strike.

County deputies, 911 dispatchers and detention officers in Mineral County are still on strike, despite requests for mediation that were finalized last Friday.

It looks like it will be a long weekend for Mineral County Sheriff Tom Bauer and Undersheriff Mike Boone, who are left to patrol the whole county alone, while the rest of the deputies are out on strike, picketing commissioners for higher wages and a long term contract.

Tomorrow, June 2, Mineral County Commissioners will meet, but the union contract negotiations that have led to a strike by Sheriff’s Deputies, 911 dispatchers and detention officers aren’t even on the agenda.

Around 15 people were out on strike, protesting in front of the Burger King in Missoula today, August 29. Protestor Bryan Carey said he's worked at Burger King for three years and that wages and unionization issues had motivated the strike.

The President of Union IBEW 1269 explains why Dex-One workers are on strike.

Local Union 1269 is on strike over job "outsourcing." Dex One spokesman Chris Harman says the terminology is a matter of perspective and points out that the workers at issue make between $80,000.00 and $100,000.00 per year.

Snowplow drivers union representative says strike is possible for next snow event.

A judge has signed an order to temporarily end a strike by Butte public school administrators that shuttered schools and threatened Butte High School's participation in several varsity sporting events this weekend.  District Judge Brad Newman signed the order Thursday at the request of several Butte School District parents...

After two days away from the classrooms and playing fields, high school and middle school athletes in Butte can return to normalcy tomorrow.