AUPE, provincial government reach tentative deal
CBC
After months of what the Alberta Union Of Provincial Employees (AUPE) referred to as intense negotiations, a mediated settlement has been reached with the provincial government.
AUPE represents 22,000 Government of Alberta employees like corrections workers, social workers and parks employees.
The groups have been in mediation since March after talks broke down.
"To be perfectly frank, I didn't think we would get to this point," Guy Smith, AUPE president, said.
"The government as an employer, in our opinion, was bound and determined to gain a number of concessions out of our members," Smith said.
The concessions the government wanted included a salary rollback, reductions in overtime pay, as well as reductions in benefits, among other things. According to an AUPE news release, these concessions are no longer on the table.
Here are some things the membership are voting on in the coming weeks, according to an AUPE news release:
