The city`s agreement with the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local No. 263, ended in late 2018. It was the first to be concluded in a round of negotiations with all unions, during which the city wanted to pay the penalty for the 2017 contract year. „We are pleased to have reached an agreement through a constructive and respectful effort,“ said Robert Nicolay, CAO of City of Medicine Hat. „The three-year agreement is fair and reasonable given the general economic conditions in Alberta and provides security for the city, the union and employees in times of precariousness. The previous agreement expired on December 31, 2019. The new agreement is for a period of three years, from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022. General salary increases include 0% from 1 January 2020; 0% from 1 January 2021; and 2% from 1 January 2022. Four of the city`s five collective agreements with employees out of a total of 1,100 employees have expired. As a rule, negotiated agreements, which consist of a union membership vote, are then processed by elected officials at the next municipal council meeting. If both sides ratify the agreement, an overview of the pact will be given.
The city hall`s collective agreement with the Medicine Hat Police Association expires at the end of 2020. These negotiations lasted more than two years before the parties agreed on a wage change of zero percent in 2017, but to nearly 8 percent cumulative increases over the past three years. Medicine Hat – The City of Medicine Hat has ratified a new collective agreement with local #46 of the Public Employment Union of Canada. The collective agreement would replace one that expired at the end of 2019 and would settle the terms of most of the city`s unionized staff. In 2018, Medicine Hat firefighters were the second lowest paid among the province`s medium- to large-municipal departments, when the local agreement expired. . . .