MONCTON, NB – The two sides in the Codiac Transpo lockout are heading back to the drawing board.

Moncton City Council rejected the latest offer from the transit union during a special meeting yesterday.

Local union president George Turple says he doesn’t know where things go from here.

“We just dropped down in the offer… we just gave them more concessions.  I don’t know what this is about… I’ve told you what this is about.  I can’t control what’s going on behind closed doors,” says Turple.

Moncton Mayor George LeBlanc says the city has to be financially responsible to taxpayers and the union has to be realistic.

“We are open to going back to the table.  I’d like to see this over with now,” LeBlanc states.

LeBlanc says recent annual wage increases for public sector workers have averaged about 1.7 percent.

In its latest offer, the union wanted wages closer to the city’s other unionized employees.