Save the date!
Further to our previous bargaining update, your ratification vote for the tentative agreement has been scheduled:
Thursday, October 7, 2021
Brazeau Seniors Foundation
4:00p.m. – 6:00p.m.
Attached to this update, you will find a full copy of the tentative agreement, along with a summary of the changes to easily identify how they will affect you. Your negotiating team is recommending you vote in favour of the tentative agreement and have included highlights below.
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Tentative Agreement Highlights
- Year one, June 1, 2020, to May 31, 2021: Wage increase of 0%.
- Year two, June 1, 2021, to May 31, 2022: $500 recognition bonus to all full-time and part-time employees.
- Members who work 0.5 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions will receive one personal day on the date the agreement is ratified by the members and the employer.
- $100 increase to health-spending accounts on Jan. 1, 2022. On that date, the health-spending accounts will become health and personal spending accounts. This allows for a wider range of purchases to be covered.
- An increase of 10 cents to the evening shift differential to $2.10 per hour on the date of ratification.
- An increase of 10 cents to the night shift differential to $3.10 per hour on the date of ratification.
- An increase of 10 cents to the weekend premium to $2.60 per hour on the date of ratification.
- Year three, June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023: Wage increase of 1.75%.
Other improvements include:
- New language on layoffs so that they will be done by reverse seniority, so the people with the most service will be the last to be laid off.
- Extra shifts will be offered by seniority on a fair and rotational basis.
Negotiations take time and are rarely easy; we want to thank you for your support throughout this process and look forward to concluding this round of bargaining by ratifying this tentative agreement. After you have reviewed the tentative agreement, you may have questions. If you do, please contact one of the members of your Bargaining Committee.
Brazeau – Drayton Valley Bargaining Committee
Sharon Boyd: 780-515-9118
Debbie Griffiths: 780-514-4302
Michelle Snow: 780-621-3963
AUPE Resource Staff
Christian Tetreault, Negotiator: c.tetreault@aupe.org
Terry Inigo-Jones, communications: t.inigo-jones@aupe.org