Unionized Cariboo Regional District staff have rejected a proposed 3-year, 11 percent wage increase.
CRD Chief Administrative Officer, Murray Daly, said “We are disappointed with the result, but now we also know that our employees had a chance to accept or reject the most recent offer on the floor.”
The last offer which was rejected included proposed wage increases of 11 percent over three years: 5% in 2023 and then 3% in each of the next two years.
The CRD said changes to other provisions of the collective agreement which had already been agreed upon at the bargaining table were also included as part of the last offer vote.
“Obviously this vote didn’t go the way we hoped it would and we will need to wait and see what BC Government Employees Union (BCGEU) will do with this result,” Daly said.
CRD libraries remain closed to the public in anticipation of a walk-out by BCGEU.
At this time the Cariboo Regional District said there is no further information available about whether a walk-out will occur or if picket lines will be established.
The CRD said other regional district services remain unaffected pending further job action.
– Files from Pat Matthews, My Cariboo Now
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