The City of Melville and CUPE Local 456 will meet at the bargaining table again this week to negotiate an agreement involving 32 city workers.
The next mediation session is set to take place tomorrow (Wed).
CUPE 456 national representative Dylan Breland says the union is asking the city to provide a wage increase for city workers to keep up with inflation costs and to address the high levels of turnover seen in the past few years.
Mayor Joe Kirwan says they hope they can reach an agreement soon.
The collective agreement between the City of Melville and CUPE456 expired on December 31, 2023, and bargaining between the employer and the union has been ongoing since March 2024
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Search for full-time Fire Chief for the City of Melville is underway
The search for a new Fire Chief in the City of Melville continues.
The full-time position has been vacant after the city announced that Tyrone Mogenson was no longer employed with the city earlier this month.
Mogenson had been with the city for just over 18 years after taking over for Roger Nordick in January 2006.
To apply you can find the application form online at www.melville.ca, with the deadline set for March 13th
