Tentative agreement for 23,000 government workers includes two-year wage freeze

The Alberta government’s tentative agreement with a union representing 23,000 provincial workers spells out a two-year wage freeze and guards against job cuts.
It also allows the union to reopen wage negotiations in January, said Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees.
“It was really long, arduous and quite challenging,” he said in an interview Friday.
If ratified, the three-year agreement will expire on March 31, 2020. Until then, the agreement