REGINA – Regina’s city council has approved a three-year contract that gives transit drivers an 8.5 per cent raise over three years.
About 240 members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 588 will receive a 2.75 per cent wage increase in 2013, a further 2.75 per cent in 2014 and a three per cent increase in 2015.
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The 2013 raise is retroactive to Jan. 1.
Transit employees with more than five years of experience will receive an additional 20-cent-an-hour increase.
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The total cost to the city for wages, benefits and long-service recognition is about $1.3 million.
The union had threatened to shut down transit before the Grey Cup game on Nov. 24, but a tentative deal was reached before then.
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