The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) recently announced that members of the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) have voted in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement. SGEU represents approximately 500 members working at SCIC's head office in Melville and 21 customer service offices throughout the province.
"We are very pleased with the ratification of this agreement," Acting SCIC General Manager Shawn Jaques said. "We will continue to work to serve the needs of Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers."
The new three-year agreement will be retroactive to October 1, 2009, and expire on September 30, 2012. The terms of the agreement include a 5.5 per cent general wage increase over three years and an additional 0.25 per cent general wage increase in the third year in consideration of negotiated efficiencies;
SCIC delivers business risk management programs including Crop Insurance, AgriStability and the Wildlife Damage Compensation Program to Saskatchewan's farmers and ranchers.
