Nunavut power workers get plugged in to new wage-benefit deal – NunatsiaqOnline

August 18, 2017

Unionized QEC employees vote yes to four-year contract

A majority of about 140 unionized workers at the Qulliq Energy Corp. have voted yes to a new four-year wage-benefit deal with their employer that expires Dec. 31, 2020, the Nunavut Employees Union announced Aug. 17.

Unlike the last round of collective agreement talks between the QEC and the NEU, which led to a noisy strike in the summer of 2015, these negotiations led to a speedy resolution.

Negotiators reached a tentative deal this past June 23. NEU members at the QEC have just finished ratifying that deal in a Nunavut-wide vote.

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