AUPE Local 20 News
AUPE Local 20 reaches tentative agreement with ATB Financial
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EDMONTON – More than 2,000 members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees Local 020 will vote this month on a tentative collective agreement reached with ATB Financial.
“It all came together quickly,” said AUPE negotiator John Wevers. “We had been at the negotiating table for months but weren’t getting anywhere. Mediation didn’t work and we were heading into arbitration. However, there was a sincere desire to explore all avenues to resolve this dispute and the employer and AUPE were able to accomplish this.”
The three-year tentative agreement, expiring in 2014 if ratified, includes 3 per cent increases in base pay each year, plus a salary range progression of 1.5 per cent each year.
There are also increases to the shift differential, Sunday work premium, the defined location supplementary allowance, along with improvements to various categories of personal leave, improvements to overtime language and new language dealing with teleworking/working from home, job sharing and payment of legal fees.
Another significant area of improvement was the renewal of the improved Workforce Reduction letter of agreement and other improvements to the Severance Allowance and reimbursement for retraining, career counseling and job search assistance.
