The City of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Police Association have reached a tentative contract deal, WPA president Moe Sabourin confirmed to Global News Tuesday.
The WPA had been without a contract since December 23.
“When you have two different committees sitting down, and each having their own asks and wants, it’s a matter of coming to a fair compromise,” Sabourin said. “I think, in this situation, we’ve been able to do that.”
WPA won’t be releasing any details in the contract until after the vote takes place.
“We have called a special general meeting, we’ll present the details to our membership, we’ll recommend that the tentative deal be accepted,” Sabourin explained. “Then it’s a matter for city council to approve it.”
Sabourin says their meeting will be Thursday, followed by ten days of balloting. The hope is to have everything finalized ahead of the next city council meeting June 21.
The tentative agreement comes a day before CUPE Local 500, which represents over 5,000 city workers, is expected to reject a contract offer from the city.
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