Quesnel Reaches Agreement With Rec Employees

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 12:38 PM

Quesnel – The City of Quesnel is pleased to announce it has ratified a contract agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1050-01, which represents approximately 40 City employees. These employees work at the Quesnel and District Arts and Recreation Centre and have a different collective bargaining agreement from that of the rest of the City’s unionized workforce.City and CUPE bargaining teams met on Nov. 8, 9 and 10 and again on Dec. 21 to reach a tentative agreement. That agreement was endorsed by the union membership on Jan. 7 and by City Council on Jan. 10. The agreement covers a three-year term, retroactive to June 8 2010. The unionized employees will receive a zero per cent increase in year one, followed by a 1.5 per cent increase in year two and a two per cent increase in year three. Full-time employees will receive a $1,000 lump sum payment in the next month in lieu of any increase in pay for the first year, with part-time employees receiving a prorated amount

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