The City of Nanaimo and CUPE Local 401 have reached a collective agreement to replace the one that expired at the end of 2016.
The new agreement is a two-year deal, covering 2017 and 2018, and includes general wage increases of 2 per cent for each year of the agreement.
At the same time, the parties have agreed to start working on a new collective agreement for January 2019 when this agreement expires.
CUPE Local 401 represents about 600 municipal employees at the City of Nanaimo.
