FORT VERMILION – Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees and the council of the Municipal District of Mackenzie No. 23 have both ratified a new two-year collective agreement that gives the employees a five-per-cent raise in the first year and a four-per-cent raise in the second.

"The M.D.’s council and management made a sincere effort to work with the union in a co-operative manner, and we are very pleased with the progress we are making toward building a positive relationship with this employer," said AUPE President Dan MacLennan.

"This contract is evidence of that relationship," MacLennan said.

In addition to the pay increases of five per cent and four per cent, the agreement includes grade adjustments, improvements in health benefits and improved contract language related to acting incumbency, said AUPE Union Representative Brian Randall.

"This round of negotiations proved to be a very positive experience for both parties," Randall said.

"It really showed the way these things can be done, and the way we hope to do them in the future."

About 40 members of AUPE are employed by the M.D. of Mackenzie. That number rises to about 65 during the summer months.

The M.D. of Mackenzie No. 23 encompasses a large area of Alberta’s northwestern region, and includes the communities of Fort Vermilion, High Level, La Crete, Rainbow Lake and Zama City.


For more information, contact:

Dan MacLennan, President, AUPE, 780-930-3301 or 780-910-8392 (cellular phone)
Brian Randall, Union Representative, AUPE, (Peace River) 780-624-2424 or 780-618-8214 (cellular phone)
David Climenhaga, Communications Director, AUPE, 780-930-3311 or 780-717-2943 (cellular phone)

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