StarPhoenix: Saskatoon library workers approve contract after three years without

The last contract for Public library employees in Saskatoon expired December 31, 2016. This past weekend, members of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2669 voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new agreement, the Saskatoon Star Phoenix reports.

The new contract establishes four consecutive wage increases retroactive to 2017. Also included are increased rights for library pages, including sick days.

Though CUPE membership voted 98% in favor of the contract, the agreement reached through voluntary mediation is being viewed as only a first stap by many who still have sore feelings after administrative decisions from the past three years that included the setting aside of funds for a new downtown library rather than using those funds for wages and are top down restructuring that caused many employees to have to reapply to their jobs at lower wages.