Yukon Employees Union members have ratified a new collective agreement with the territorial government. Workers will see raises totaling 10.5 per cent over the three-year deal, with nurses and midwives in line for even larger pay hikes.
Unionized Yukon government workers have been negotiating for a new collective agreement for over a year now. On Friday the two sides reached a tentative agreement.
Federal public servants across the North were on the picket lines Wednesday morning, after the federal government and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) failed to reach a deal before a Tuesday evening deadline.