Offer included wage increases, annual indexation on salaries
The Old Port of Montreal Corporation is dismayed at the results of the vote held on Oct. 5 by unionized employees to reject the agreement in principle, according to the company.
The agreement had been accepted by both parties and endorsed by the union and would have allowed all employees to return to work.
Despite both parties having deemed the agreement in principle satisfactory, it was rejected by unionized employees. The Old Port's employee union had accepted the proposal subsequent to a bargaining blitz undertaken with the mediator assigned to the dispute.
The agreement in principle provides for a 12 per cent wage increase over 5 years as well as a one per cent annual indexation on salary structures and increased leave for part-time employees. It also included the Old Port's initial offer to form a joint committee in partnership with the union to analyze the overall compensation of unionized jobs as compared to the market, said the company.
Located along 2.5 kilometres of land along the shores of the St. Lawrence River, the Old Port of Montreal is Quebec's most visited tourist site, welcoming six million visitors each year.
