The EPL said all libraries will stay open after it reached a tentative agreement with Civic Service Union 52.
WATCH ABOVE: After a tentative deal was confirmed during the day on Thursday to avert a strike by thousands of City of Edmonton workers, on Thursday evening, news broke that the union representing library workers also reached a tentative deal with the Edmonton Public Library. Here is the latest.said all libraries will stay open after it reached a tentative agreement with Civic Service Union 52 that would prevent any labour disruption for now.
The union said, if ratified by members, the contract would give members a retroactive lump-sum payment of $1,000 for 2021, a retroactive 1.25-per cent wage increase for 2022, a retroactive two-per cent wage increase for 2023 and a three-per cent wage increase for 2024.The union noted it had spent about 18 months negotiating the two deals with the city.
“We also were able to successfully negotiate some non-monetary language and other parts of the agreement that my members had been looking for for a long time in both the city and EPL agreements.”He added that he believes some members of city council played a major role in reviving negotiations after they stalled.“I would like to thank council for stepping in at the last minute, particularly Coun.
“If we look at what the union wanted and what the employer wanted… they came to the middle in terms of term length, but they also seem to have come to the middle in terms of the money,” Foster said.
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