For Immediate Release, October 8, 2019
REGINA - The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) has reached a collective agreement with SaskGaming for gaming workers at Casino Regina. Members ratified the agreement last week.
"This agreement addresses several priority issues within the workplace as well as some financial certainty,” said Marianne Hladun, Regional Executive Vice-President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Prairie Region. "Our members should be proud of their efforts to secure this contract.”
The new collective agreement includes a 4.5 percent salary increase over the 5 years of the contract which will expire December 31, 2021. The new agreement also provides a .05 per cent increase to the pension plan (matched by the employer), improvements to the Attendance Management system, new provisions for Religious and Cultural Traditions and Compassionate Leave and an increase for both Bereavement Leave and Family Responsibility Leave from three days to four.
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