In a general meeting, members of CUPE 2850, the Syndicat du personnel administratif, technique et professionnel du transport en commun, at the Société de transport de Montréal, STM, voted 75% in favour of the tentative agreement renewing their employment contract for five years.
“We are satisfied with this agreement given the current very difficult context in the public transport sector,” said Stéphane Lamont, president of CUPE 2850. “Negotiations took nearly a year and a half. The bargaining committee worked hard to maintain good working conditions.”
The members’ gains included attractive salary clauses, greater oversight of subcontracting, a pilot project for a four-day/32-hour workweek, maintained accumulation of benefits during paternity leave and a letter of agreement for telework, phased retirement, an enhanced salary scale and reduced number of years required to reach the maximum salary.