The new contract includes a 10% wage increase over 5 years, as well as several leaves and benefits.
The new contract includes a 10% wage increase over 5 years, as well as several leaves and benefits.
If successful, nearly a dozen automotive service technicians will be unionized at the dealership.
Between 2020 and 2021, combined declared employment income, according to CRA tax statistics, increased by 0.51%, the smallest increase of all the provinces.
The workers will also see improvements to vacation time, and boot and clothing allowances.
These workers, which include municipal workers and library workers, have been waiting for nearly two years for a new contract, which is still in mediation.
That sounds impressive, but it won’t be enough to keep up with inflation during the life of the new contract, considering they were behind inflation in their last contract.
There’s been a net increase in teachers hired under the UCP, but that increase hasn’t kept up with population growth.
They were set to get a 10% increase as soon as they ratified the contract, and that raise would be retroactive to the end of the last contract.
And they did it without prior approval from their union.
These workers have now had wage freezes for 8 of the last 11 years.