THUNDER BAY — Thunder Bay Transit drivers and other workers have voted by a slim margin to accept a new collective agreement with the city.
According to Amalgamated Transit Union Local 966, during balloting on Sunday members voted 57 per cent in favour of ratifying the three-year deal.
It is retroactive to July 1, 2020 and will expire on June 30, 2023.
President Fred Caputo previously called the contract a "fair" one.
In October, the membership authorized a strike mandate by a vote of 96 per cent, after negotiations with the city broke off.
Local 966 represents 150 drivers and technicians.
The terms of the new deal, which must still be ratified by city council, have not been released as yet.
The previous contract provided for starting wages of $22.50 an hour, jumping to $28.12 in the second year, as well as pay hikes of 1.5 to 1.65 per cent a year.
