November 14, 2016 - City Council tonight ratified a five-year collective agreement with CUPE Local 87.

The agreement covers the period from Jan. 1, 2015 through Dec. 31, 2019 and provides for general annual wage increases of 1.75 per cent in 2015 and 2016, and 1.5 per cent in each of 2017, 2018 and 2019.

"I appreciate that this was a difficult set of bargaining and neither party got everything they were looking for," said Norm Gale, City Manager.

"The settlement ensures that vital services provided by members of CUPE Local 87 will continue."

The Union ratified the agreement on Nov. 4, 2016.

CUPE Local 87 represents more than 700 inside and outside members.

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Spokesperson: Norm Gale, City Manager, 625-2224
Contact: Stacey Levanen, Acting Supervisor - Corporate Communications, 625-3650