Vancouver's First Final Offer 9.75%

Vancouver 2007 Offer for Settlement with CUPE 15

2. Terms of Agreement (All Employers)
The term of the new Collective Agreements shall be for thirty-nine (39) months from 2007 January 01 to 2010 March 31, both dates inclusive. Subsections (2) and (3) of Section 50 of the Labour Relations Code shall be specifically excluded from and shall not apply to the new Collective Agreement.

3. General Increases (all Employers)

January 01, 2007: 3.0%

January 01, 2008: 2.0%

April 01, 2008: 1.0%

January 01, 2009: 2.5%

April 01, 2009: 1.0%

December 31, 2009: 0.25%


Total Increase = 9.75%

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Ed. Note:

Richmond Agreement = 9.50% from 2007 January 01 - 2009 December 31
Vancouver Offer = 9.75% " "

Perhaps I am suspicious but the 0.25% increase on 2009 December 31 appears as package of Sweet and Low meant to just appear slightly better than Richmond.

The City of Vancouver also seeks to change the process of recruiting new staff and bypass the current Grievance process with a new dispute resolution system.

I still believe it is this this last point that is bargaining obstacle. It is a Meritocracy vs Seniority issue.