Parq Casino workers sign new collective agreement

VANCOUVER, Feb. 22, 2018 /CNW/ - Workers at the Parq Casino represented by Unifor Local 3000 have ratified a new three-year contract that includes securing unionized jobs, making key gains in wages and addressing harassment.

"I'm proud of the bargaining committee for making it a priority to contract work back in to the union and to have negotiated economic gains to help keep pace with Metro Vancouver's skyrocketing cost of living," said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.

Local 3000 has been negotiating with the Parq Casino (formerly the Edgewater Casino) since November 2017.

The new contract finalizes some outstanding food and beverage issues as well as seeing all gaming floor food and beverage service return to unionized positions with Unifor. The new contract also secures wage increases of up to an average of 27.5 per cent in the first year and no less than 2 per cent in each following. New protections against abusive patrons, increases to night shift, poker and craps premiums and the addition of sick days have also been agreed to.

"Parq Casino workers now have the best wage scale in the B.C. casino sector," said Deb Tveit, Assistant to the Unifor National President. "Unifor is clearly Canada's pre-eminent union for hospitality and gaming workers."

Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future.

SOURCE Unifor