City of Melville and unionized workers reach tentative agreement

Jeffery Tram · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 10, 2025 5:15 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

The City of Melville and the national representing its workers person reached a tentative statement aft astir a twelvemonth of negotiations.

The woody has been ratified by the national members but indispensable inactive walk done metropolis council.

Dylan Breland, the nationalist servicing typical for CUPE, said the woody brought mixed reactions from national members, but helium believes it is fair.

"We inactive admit we person immoderate enactment to bash going guardant successful the aboriginal to marque definite that we we continually code immoderate of the ways disparities that we've noticed successful this circular of bargaining," helium said.

Breland said helium is hopeful councillors volition ratify the statement astatine the adjacent assembly gathering connected March 17, but that the national volition beryllium acceptable if assembly decides not to.

"If that's the case, past that volition unit the parties backmost to the bargaining table. But that being said, if the parties proceed to not find communal agreement, past that apt moves america backmost down the roadworthy for a imaginable aboriginal occupation action."

CUPE said the details volition not beryllium shared publically until the statement is ratified.

The City of Melville did not respond to a petition for remark by work time.