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UNW Collective Agreement

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
UNION OF NORTHERN WORKERS
AND
THE MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCES

A Collective Agreement was officially signed between the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) and the Union of Northern Workers (UNW) on June 19, 2009. This is a three-year agreement expiring March 31,2012.

Salary increases and Northern Allowances for 2009/10 are effective April 1, 2009. All other changes are effective June 19, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

NEW: Welcome to the online version of the Collective Agreement between the Union of Northern Workers and the Minister of Human Resources (the Agreement), which expires on March 31, 2012.

The formal printed version of the Agreement is the official copy. The online version of the document is identical to the formal printed version, apart from some minor formatting differences that arise when documents are placed onto the Internet.

The entire Agreement is quite large, and downloading it for each inquiry can be time consuming. Therefore, certain sections of the Agreement have been linked to allow you to quickly jump to a specific location in a document. When using a link, only the pages of that section of the Agreement are downloaded reducing considerable time.

The links to specific sections of the Agreement are:

Index - Cover Page, Numerical and Alphabetical Indexes

Articles 1 to 28

Articles 29 to 59

Appendices "A1 To A12"

Appendix "B" - Pay Schedules

Letter of Understanding and Memorandums

Complete Collective Agreement - Expires March 31, 2012

While viewing each section separately, it is possible to move quickly from one Article to the next or back to the previous article simply by clicking on a bookmark at the left-hand side of the document.

When you first enter the complete online version, bookmarks to the left of the document provide a table of contents that allows you to quickly access any Article, Appendix, Memorandum or Letter of Understanding. When you select a particular bookmark you are automatically taken to its location in the Agreement.

We hope you find this online version of the Collective Agreement useful. Should you have any inquiries on this Collective Agreement, please contact the Human Resource Service Centre in your region.

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