Winnipeg firefighters’ new collective agreement heading to Executive Policy Committee – Winnipeg

Winnipeg’s Government Coverage Committee is predicted to vote this week on ratifying a brand new contract with the town’s firefighters.

The contract between the town and the United Hearth Fighters of Winnipeg (UFFW), Native 867 of Worldwide Affiliation of Hearth Fighters consists of a mean 1.97 per cent annual wage enhance over the following three years.

It will additionally see $104,500 in further funding every year for psychological well being helps. That cash can be coming from surplus funds realized throughout the negotiation.

“The Metropolis’s psychological damage claims (and attendant prices) have been growing considerably lately, with the very best claims price arising inside the Winnipeg Hearth Paramedic Service (WFPS),” the general public service wrote in its report.

“Consequently, figuring out efficient measures to stop and mitigate psychological damage has been a difficulty of mutual concern for the Metropolis, the WFPS and the UFFW.”

The 2 events additionally agreed the union would start masking everything of President Alex Forrest’s wage and advantages, as an alternative of 40 per cent.

Beneath a earlier settlement, Forrest was positioned on everlasting union go away, however the metropolis continued paying 60 per cent of his wage and advantages.

The deal raised eyebrows when it was revealed in 2018, with Mayor Brian Bowman saying he needed it scrapped “as quickly as potential.”

The town’s 60 per cent contribution would as an alternative go instantly into the psychological well being fund below the brand new settlement.

Different adjustments would enhance the premium for firefighters skilled as paramedics to 5 per cent from three per cent after 9 years of service, and require such members to take care of that standing for 12 years.

Firefighters would additionally obtain fire-resistant t-shirts as an alternative of cotton.

The earlier collective settlement expired on the finish of 2020.

Government Coverage Committee meets on Wednesday.