Parq Casino workers in Vancouver sign new collective agreement

Food, beverage workers return to union status: Unifor

Parq Casino workers in Vancouver sign new collective agreement
Parq Casino in Vancouver, in a file photo. REUTERS/Ben Nelms

Employees at Parq Casino in Vancouver — represented by Unifor, Local 3000 — ratified a new three-year contract on Feb. 21, that includes securing unionized jobs, making key gains in wages and addressing harassment.

"Parq Casino workers now have the best wage scale in the B.C. casino sector," said Deb Tveit, assistant to the Unifor national president.

Local 3000 had been negotiating with the Parq Casino (formerly the Edgewater Casino) since November 2017, said the union.

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, according to the union.

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 two 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, said Unifor. 

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