If you have questions about your rights in the workplace, the best person you can talk to is your steward or local leader. You will know the details of your agreement. “This agreement builds on better cooperation between the parties, which this year helped to save money by keeping work in their own homes.” In the collective agreement, unionized municipal employees receive a pay increase of 10.75 per cent over the duration of the five-year contract – 2.5 per cent in the first year, 2.25 per cent in the second year and two per cent for the remaining three years of the contract. “Our members were very aware that the city needed to introduce respectful wage increases to meet the challenges of affordability for urban workers,” said Carmen Sullivan, President of CUPE 900. Every year when inflation exceeds our wage adjustments is a year when our families have a harder time making ends meet. “I am very pleased with how the negotiations have resulted in a successful and long-term contract,” Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian said in a joint city and CUPE Local 900 press release. The City of Kamloops and CupE 900, the union representing city employees, continue to negotiate months after their five-year contract expires. CUPE 900 represents more than 850 members working in municipal and municipal services in the Thompson-Nicola area, including 645 members working for the City of Kamloops. The new collective agreement will enter into force on January 1, 2019 and replace the old collective agreement that took place between 2014 and 2018. “Both the union and the city have come together for an agreement that is fair to workers, that matches inflation and protects the services that citizens rely on,” Sullivan said.
“This agreement builds on better cooperation between the parties, which this year helped to save money by keeping work in their own homes.” In addition to wage adjustments, the new collective agreement contains a number of wording changes to clarify the terms and provisions that will help both parties better interpret the agreement. These amendments will improve the efficiency of procedures by reducing the costs associated with disagreements and disputes between the parties. All CUPE members work under the protection of a collective agreement called a collective agreement. Your local union negotiates the terms of the agreement. Elected local union leaders also work with the employer to resolve workplace issues. The last collective agreement took place from 2014 to 2018 and resulted in a 7.5 per cent pay increase over the past five years, with CUPE members voting 74 per cent in favour of ratifying the agreement. If you want a copy of your collective agreement on paper, talk to your trustee. If you don`t know who your administrator is or how to contact your office, contact the CUPE office near you.