EDMONTON – Employees of the Town of Ponoka represented by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees have ratified a three-year collective agreement that gives them pay increases of five per cent, four per cent and four per cent in each year of the contract.

The members of AUPE Local 118/004 ratified the contract in voting in Ponoka Wednesday evening.

"This is a good deal that includes several improvements in addition to the pay increases," said Union Representative Wayne Trimble, who negotiated the agreement.

The new collective agreement also includes:

" An increase in shift differential pay. " An improved boot allowance. " An increase in standby pay for employees of the town’s waterworks department. " Improvements in contract language pertaining to maternity leave and sick leave.

There are about 50 employees of the town represented by AUPE.

Ponoka is 100 kilometres south of Edmonton.

For more information, contact:
Wayne Trimble, Union representative, AUPE, 780-672-8877 or780-679-5734 (cellular phone)
David Climenhaga, Communications Director, AUPE, 780-930-3311 or 780-717-2943 (cellular phone)

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