AUPE Local 20 Negotiations & Collective Agreement
AUPE LOCAL 20 AND ATB FINANCIAL
REACH A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
July 7, 2010
EDMONTON – Members of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees employed by ATB Financial will be asked to vote on a tentative agreement reached recently with their employer. The agreement was reached prior to binding arbitration hearings, which were scheduled to begin in September.
The tentative two-year agreement, if ratified by both parties, will be in effect from Apr. 1, 2009 to Mar. 31, 2011. Highlights of the agreement include:
A 3 per cent lump sum payment based on earnings from Apr. 1, 2009 to Mar. 31, 2010, in lieu of a salary increase for that period.
A 3 per cent wage increase retroactive to Mar. 28, 2010.
A 2 per cent performance increment, effective Mar. 28, 2010, which will apply to most members.
A flexible benefit plan that will allow members to customize their benefits, effective Jan. 1, 2011.
A minimum 3-hour shift guarantee for casual employees.
Improved severance payments.
Increases to shift and weekend premiums.
Stronger health and safety language in the collective agreement.
The approximately 1,800 members of AUPE Local 020, who work at ATB Financial branches and offices throughout Alberta, will be mailed a complete information package on the tentative agreement, as well as a ballot, in the next few weeks, said Union Representative Steve Nimchuk, who led the local bargaining committee in the negotiations.
Members will have until Aug. 20, 2010, to mail their ballots to AUPE Headquarters, said Nimchuk.
The ATB employees’ agreement expired on Mar. 31, 2009. Should this tentative agreement be ratified, Local 020 will legally be in a position to resume bargaining in early 2011.
For more information:
Steve Nimchuk, Union Representative, AUPE, 780-930-3341 or 1-800-232-7284 (1)
