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AUPE News & Updates
For immediate release: Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2004
County of Strathcona members ratify two-year agreement
SHERWOOD PARK - Members of the Alberta
Union of Provincial Employees employed by the County of Strathcona
have overwhelmingly
ratified a new two-year agreement that includes a pay increase
of eight per cent over the life of the agreement.
Members of AUPE Local 118/009 cast their ballots Dec. 10 at the
county’s services facility in Sherwood Park, east of Edmonton.
Strathcona County Council ratified the agreement at their regular
meeting Dec. 14.
“
This group joined our union in May 1998 and they’ve been
a strong addition because they’ve had strong support from
their membership during each round of bargaining,” said AUPE
President Dan MacLennan after the ratification votes were counted.
The approximately 150 members of the local will receive wage increases
of three per cent on Jan. 1, 2005, one per cent on July 1, 2005,
three per cent on Jan. 1, 2006, and one per cent on July 1, 2006,
said AUPE Staff Negotiator Wayne Trimble.
Trimble, who led the union bargaining team, said the agreement
acknowledges the quality work Local 118/009 members do for the
County of Strathcona.
“
Our members were quite satisfied with this pay increase over a
two-year period,” Trimble said. “We see this as a solid
agreement, which was reached as a result of healthy co-operation
between both sides.”
Local 118/09 Chapter Chair, Brad Strachan said progress must still
be made in wage increases for members whose positions are on the
low end of the wage scale.
“
When you’re working with percentages, people who work at
the lower end of the scale will see less of an increase then those
who work at the top end of the scale,” Strachan said. “So,
when the contract expires in 2006, I would like to see increases
to the bottom of the scale.”
AUPE represents about 150 municipal outdoor workers, mechanics,
electricians, water, wastewater and others employed by the county
in Sherwood Park and surrounding areas.
For more information, contact:
Dan MacLennan, President, AUPE, 780-930-3301 or 780-232-8392 (cellular
phone)
Wayne Trimble, Union Representative, AUPE (East Central Regional
Office, Camrose), 780-672-8877 or 780-679-5734 (cellular phone)
David Climenhaga, Communications Director, AUPE, 780-930-3311 or
780-717-2943 (cellular phone)
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