Iqaluit municipal workers ink new collective agreement – Nunatsiaq News

Nunavut Employees Union Local 06 membership includes water truck operators, firefighters other municipal workers

Iqaluit municipal workers are welcoming new safety measures added to their new collective agreement.

Nunavut Employees Union Local 06 — which includes the city’s water truck operators, firefighters, paramedics, mechanics, road workers and municipal workers — ratified the four-year deal Dec. 11.

City councillors voted to approve the then-tentative agreement after a lengthy in-camera portion of their Dec. 10 meeting.

Wage details included in the new collective agreement are not clear. Council did not discuss the contract during the public portion of the meeting, and neither the city nor union would comment on what wage increases are included.

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