The City of North Battleford has reached a collective bargaining agreement with the International Association of Firefighters, Local 1756.
Council has approved the four-year agreement, which covers the term Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2022. The collective agreement calls for increases of two per cent in each of the first three years and 1.8 percent in the fourth year. According to a city memo, as of Aug. 1 the salary for the first-class firefighter in North Battleford is $86,574.
Normally, such an agreement would be accompanied by a signing ceremony at city council, but as mentioned at council Monday COVID-19 has changed things this year.
Instead, council simply voted to approve and authorize the execution of the contract with the IAF Local 1756 at Monday’s meeting.
“We are very pleased to come to this, it was a process to get here,” said director of planning and development Jennifer Niesink to council. “We’re very happy with how we’ve come together. I would just like to thank them for all their hard work as well as the team who was working on it.”
