LATEST BARGAINING NEWS
On September 15, 2025, members voted to accept a four-year agreement (effective August 1, 2024 - July 21, 2028).
Highlights of the new agreement include:
- An average wage increase of 15.7% over the life of the agreement for members
- Additional compensation for members possessing a master's or doctorate degree
- The creation of a scholarship for students dependent on a parent employed at USB
- Increases in the reimbursement of minimum travel costs and meal allowances
The next step in concluding the collective agreement is to work with the employer to finalize and sign-off the document, which could take some time.
We encourage members to make sure the MGEU has your current contact information to receive a link to your new collective agreement once it is available.
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Overview of Bargaining So Far
Members of Université St-Boniface (Instructors, APEC) - Local 149 had an opportunity to put foward their ideas and proposal for improving their collective agreement at a meeting on June 5, 2024.
The Bargaining Committee then worked to pull together these proposals into a package to present to the employer.
The Table Commune Bargaining Committee and the employer exchanged proposal packages on June 7, 2024 and continued bargaining throughout the month.
Bargaining paused for a while in July and resumed in early August and continued until December when negotiations paused for the holidays.
A significant number of non-monetary items have been discussed. Monetary items were planned for discussion in February 2025.
Bargaining meetings took place in March and April 2025, at the same time as discussion resumed for the table commune. At this time, monetary items, such as leaves, health spending account and tuition reduction were discussed at the table commune.
At the Instructors, APEC table, discussions shifted to salary and other monetary items.
On June 27, 2025, members voted to provide the Bargaining Committee with a strike mandate.
The Bargaining Committee reached a tentative agreement in early September. They recommended members accept it.