As strike looms, city and union remain 2% apart from deal

The City of Edmonton and a union representing nearly 6,000 of its employees have not progressed toward a deal as workers prepare to strike Thursday morning.

The City of Edmonton and a union representing nearly 6,000 of its employees have not progressed toward a deal as workers prepare to strike Thursday morning.

The city and Civic Service Union 52 remain two per cent apart from a deal…

CSU 52 wants retroactive wage increases of 1.5 per cent in 2021, 1.5 per cent in 2022, and two per cent in 2023, while the city is offering zero per cent for 2021, one per cent for 2022, and two per cent for 2023.

The City of Edmonton is also offering an increase of two per cent for 2024 and 2.25 per cent in 2025 in an effort to secure the stability of a five-year agreement.

Last Friday, workers voted 87.6 per cent against the city's offer.

"We feel we're at an impasse right now," city manager Andre Corbould told media Wednesday afternoon.

"We're disappointed to have reached this point."