Public sector workers in Quebec will profit from a small further wage improve on prime of the raises already negotiated, due to a clause included within the 2023 settlement reached by the widespread entrance of unions.
This extra improve quantities to 0.11 per cent, confirmed each by the Treasury Board and the union coalition.
The settlement, concluded in December 2023, features a wage safety clause tied to the Client Worth Index (CPI). Below this clause, if inflation exceeds a sure threshold, a mechanism is triggered that gives for a higher-than-planned wage improve, as much as a most of 1 per cent.
The precise proportion was decided on Monday, when Statistics Canada launched its newest inflation information.
In an interview, François Enault, Vice-President of the CSN, famous that this extra improve will stay modest.
The initially negotiated wage will increase have been 6 per cent in 2023, 2.8 per cent in 2024, 2.6 per cent in 2025, 2.5 per cent in 2026, and three.5 per cent in 2027. The wage safety clause applies to the final three years of the settlement.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews