The votes are in at the Manitoba General Employee's Union, and the New Collective health agreement has been ratified.
Roughly 6600 healthcare support workers in the Prairie Mountain Health and Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authorities have voted to accept the tentative agreement reached by their bargaining committees and employers on October 8, 2024.
On average, MGEU Members will receive wage increases of %27 over the four years of the contract.
There are also improvements to sick leave, vacation provisions, and the addition of wellness days.
MGEU president Kyle Ross is pleased with the results:
It's a rather large increase. Our workers have told us they're really appreciative of this increase. It's unfortunate that it's not front-loaded, but our members are happy and so are we."
He also says the next steps will be to calculate the back pay, as the contract effect stretches to April.
