July 31, 2020 COVID-19 Update An updated letter of reflection on temporary layoffs was obtained between the City of Edmonton (the « City ») and the Canadian Union of Local Employees 30; Civic Services Union 52; International Brotherhood of Electrified Workers 1007; Edmonton Fire Fighters Union; Amalgamated Transit Union Local 569 and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 569, DATS Unit (together the « Unions »). CUPE 30`s approval is provisional and subject to internal review and approval, which will be completed on August 5. The March 2020 redeployment letter has expired and has not been verified due to the slowdown in redeployment requirements. The city and the unions agreed that the terms of employment of new employees would not change. A collective agreement has been ratified. The city continues to implement. Amalgamated Transit Union Local 569 (DATS) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1007 entered into new collective agreements in which wage conditions increased by 0% from December 2018, 0% in December 2019, 1% in December 2020 and 0.5% in June 2021. READ MORE: City enters into contract with Edmonton police and fire unions In early September, the City of Edmonton and members of two unions ratified collective agreements for 2019-21. The city says negotiations are underway with Amalgamated Transit Union Local 569, Canadian Union of Local Employees 30 and Civic Service Local Union 52. Collective agreements with these unions expired in December 2018. On July 7, 2020, the Alberta government announced Bill 32: Restoring Balance in the Alberta`s Workplaces Act, but in reality it is far from balanced. With Bill 32, UCP breaks a long-standing agreement between labour, employers and the government. Learn more about the historic evolution of the peace agreement (an agreement that brought decades of stability to work, which has contributed significantly to the economic development of Alberta and Canada) and how Bill 32 departs from compromises.
csu52.org/ucp-abandons-decades-long-agreement/ « The Court of Auditors` recommendation to reduce costs and the number of supervisors in the City of Edmonton confirms what CSU 52 and its partners in the Edmonton Coalition of Citizens` Unions have been doing for some time. For a limited time, you get 2.14% on a 5-year commission mortgage at Spark The Energy Credit Union. . The 1.5% increase over four years that was presented to CSU 52, the main transit union and cupE Local 30 – Edmonton`s three largest citizens` unions – reflects what was accepted by two other bargaining groups with the city, IBEW and the DATS unit within the Transit Union. Thank you so much for this visit! It is important to keep the conversation going when it comes to issues that affect our community.