The City of North Battleford has reached a collective bargaining agreement with the North Battleford Fire Fighters Association.
The deal was signed at Monday’s city council meeting by Mayor Ian Hamilton and by representatives of North Battleford Fire Fighters Association Local No. 1756.
As City Manager Jim Puffalt had acknowledged, the negotiations for this deal had been long and protracted. He explained this deal was similar to one recently struck between the City of Yorkton and its firefighters.
The last contract with the union expired in 2012, but this agreement will cover the entire period in which there had not been a new deal in place.
As it turns out, this latest collective agreement will only last for another six months, which means they will be back at the bargaining table again before long.
