Region of Queens Council Unanimously Ratifies IBEW Local 1928 Collective Agreement
Thursday, January 16, 2025: Liverpool, NS – After many months of negotiation, earlier today the Council of the Region of Queens Municipality unanimously ratified the 2024-2027 Collective Agreement with IBEW Local 1928. This Council decision follows the ratification by union members on January 14, 2025.
The new 3-year agreement between IBEW Local 1928 and the Region of Queens provides wages at or above market standards and demonstrates respect for the value and work undertaken by these employees.
The details of the agreement renewed from April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2027, include:
- 2024 – minimum of $4.00 wage increases for all IBEW Local 1928 positions, including temporary workers;
- 2025 – 2.5% wage increase in year 2;
- 2026 – 2.5% wage increase in year 3.
Temporary employees will be recruited back to work in the coming weeks as soon as the municipality is in a position to initiate capital works projects.
As the labour disruption in the Region of Queens comes to a close, Mayor Scott Christian expressed gratitude to all staff – union, non-union and management – for their commitment to serving the people of the Region of Queens Municipality:
“More than the end of something, this morning feels to me like a beginning, it feels like the start of an era where we begin to take strides toward a future in which the Region can be an employer of choice, a future in which the region is responsive to, and aligned with, the broader community that we serve.”
A Back-to-Work transition plan is in development to implement scheduling, create a safe and welcoming workplace, and ensure retroactive payment for the first year of the contract is implemented.
