CUPE 1004 reaches tentative deal at PNE

CUPE 1004 PNE bargaining committee goes over final revisions to tentative deal.

VANCOUVER - CUPE 1004 and the Pacific National Exhibition have reached a tentative three-year agreement.  The deal comes three days before the start of the annual fair.  CUPE represents 3,400 fulltime, part time and Fair-time workers at the PNE. 

The tentative agreement runs from Jan. 1, 2014 – Dec. 31, 2016 and includes:

• General wage increases
  of 4.5% over the three years of the agreement (0.5-2-2 respectively);

• Improvements to the employee benefits cost share;

• New language for standby pay provisions;

• Establishment of a training fund for forepersons;

• New parental/adoption/pregnancy leave provisions

See attached joint-press release here.

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