City of Fernie and IAFF Local 2827 Sign Collective Agreement
By City of Fernie
FERNIE - After more than thirty-one months of collective bargaining, the City of Fernie and the Fernie Professional Fire Fighters have reached agreement on a renewed Collective Agreement for provision of fire and rescue services for the time period of January 1, 2008 until December 31, 2011.
The renewed Collective Agreement clarifies contract language including sick leave provisions, layoff and grievance procedures and deletes or incorporates into the agreement a number of previous letters of understanding appended to the former agreement. The renewed agreement provides for an annual wage increase to be paid on July 1 during each year of the agreement and for increases to vision care and orthodontics benefits in line with those provided to City of Fernie CUPE employees.
