18-per-cent wage hike over three-year deal: Teamsters
Workers at school-bus company Autobus Intersco ratified their first collective agreement on May 23.
Teamsters, Local 106 represents employees at the Verchères, Que., company which covers the Commission scolaire des Patriotes school board.
The union negotiated an 18 per cent raise over the course of the three-year contract. Hourly wages will go from $17.55 to $20.94 at the end of the collective agreement, said the union.
Improvements were also made to sick leave and family-leave provisions, as well as to vacation percentages, said Teamsters.
The contract was ratified by 91 per cent of members, said the union.
Teamsters represent close to 125,000 workers in Canada, including 35,000 in Quebec.
