The 228 support staff workers in School District No. 46 (SD46) have now ratified a new contract that will cover them until June 30, 2019.
The new contract is retroactive to July 1, 2014 and it includes reimbursement for all employees who lost scheduled work days due to the teachers’ strike as well as a raise for workers in CUPE Local 801.
“It provides for a modest 5.5 per cent wage increase over the five years of the term, with potential for additional increases if the B.C. economy exceeds the annual forecasts set by the Economic Forecast Council during the last four years of the agreement,” a press release from the provincial government stated.
The contract calls for a conditional, incremental wage increase equal to half of any percentage point gain in real gross domestic product (GDP) growth above what was forecast by the Economic Forecast Council in February.
“For example, if actual real GDP growth is one percentage point above forecast real GDP growth, then a 0.5 per cent wage increase would result, beyond whatever wage increase had been negotiated in the contract,” the government press release stated.
