Brett Thoms

Pontiac December 19 2022

Eighty-nine per cent of the members of the MRC Pontiac branch of Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) voted to accept an agreement in principle with the MRC’s management on December 5.

The agreement gives unionized MRC employees a salary increase of 14.75 per cent over five years, which is up from an offer that would have provided a 13.25 per cent increase over five years, with two statutory holidays, according to Michel Girard, Regional President of the SFPQ.

The employees chose a higher pay increase over the two annual statutory holidays, which would have been family day and the employee’s birthday, according to Girard.

The pay increase will be regressively applied over the five years and breaks down as follows: 4 per cent in 2022, 3 per cent in 2023, 3 per cent in 2024, 2.5 per cent in 2025 and 2.25 per cent in 2026.

“The majority of employees are satisfied with the management offer and we will monitor the economy and prepare for future negotiations. The mobilization of employees made it possible to resolve the impasse in this negotiation,” said Girard about the deal.