AUPE Local 020 members ratify agreement with ATB Financial
Members of AUPE Local 020 ratified a new agreement with ATB Financial in a mail-in ballot held Aug. 20, 2010, at union headquarters in Edmonton.
The terms reached in the agreement will see improvements to benefits, wages and health and safety provisions for the members of Local 020.
The agreement includes a 3-per-cent pay increase retroactive to Mar. 27, 2010. Employees will also receive a one-time lump sum payment equal to 3-per-cent of their straight time earnings from Mar. 29, 2009 through Mar. 27, 2010.
“The bargaining committee feels that our members have received a fair deal, especially given the current economic climate in our province,” said AUPE Staff Negotiator Steve Nimchuk.
“This has been a complex round of bargaining, in the end we got a deal that members of Local 020 could support,” he added.
Additional gains include:
- Acting incumbency pay
- New flexible health benefit plan
- Shift and weekend premiums
- Improvements in severance pay
The bargaining committee had been in contract negotiations with ATB Financial since the spring of 2009.
“The committee thanks members for their patience throughout the negotiation process,” added Nimchuk.
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For more information:
Steve Nimchuk, Staff Negotiator, AUPE – 780-930-3341
David Climenhaga, Communications Director, AUPE – 780-930-3311 or 780-717-2943 (cellular phone)