Around 11,500 unionized civil service members in Manitoba have ratified a new four-year labour agreement with the province.
The new agreement, which was reached earlier this month and is retroactive to March of last year, includes wage increases totaling 14 per cent over the term of the deal.
In addition, there is a one-time signing bonus of $1,800 for full-time employees and $900 for part-time workers, while a new fund that's equivalent to about 1.4 per cent of civil service workers' payroll will be created for additional wage increases for jobs where recruitment and retention has been difficult.
Among the civil servants covered in this deal are correctional officers, sheriffs, conservation officers, court clerks, social service workers, and public health inspectors, among others.
