N.B. trade workers sign new collective agreement with wage increases

Members of CUPE local 1190 general labour and trade union are seated together at a long table with a union banner behind them.

For the first time in more than two years, thousands of workers in New Brunswick have a new collective agreement that promises wage increases.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1190 and the provincial government signed the new agreement on Tuesday, according to a news release. The union represents more than 2,100 mechanics, highway workers, parks workers, maintenance workers and health supply chain workers who are employed in eight government departments.

The union’s last collective agreement expired in December 2022.

The new agreement include wage increases totalling $5 per hour over five years. It will renew every year on Dec. 16 and it is retroactive to 2022.

Employees will get a dollar increase in year one, $1.10 in year two, $1.30 in year three and $1.60 in year four.

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