Montréal, July 16, 2018 – The firefighters of Aéroports de Montréal, members of a local of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, ratified the tentative agreement reached with Aéroports de Montréal at the end of June.
“The employer finally stopped its nonsense after a long standstill at the bargaining table”, explained Réal Brien, President of the local. “Indeed, it took a conciliation hearing – and two extensions – before the parties finally reached an agreement.”
The agreement includes better rest periods during call-backs, new rules for assignment of overtime, and an extra paid day of bereavement leave.
Pay raises are set at: 2.5% (2018), 2.5% (2019), and 2.5% (2020). Parties have also agreed that compulsory contributions to the group RRSP will rise to 8% from 4% and that the employer will match the amount. The agreement even includes a signing bonus for all members of the local. It will expire at the end of 2021.
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The approximately 100 members of the firefighter’s local work at the Trudeau and Mirabel airports.
PSAC represents more than 180,000 members across Canada. PSAC-Quebec is affiliated with the FTQ and has more than 40,000 members in the federal public service, university, research and private sectors.
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Patrick Leblanc
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