By Andrews Bates, Telegraph-Journal, Local Journalism Initiative
The province says it’s reached a tentative deal with the union which represents its in-house counsel.
In a press release issued Tuesday, the provincial ministry of finance and the Treasury Board said it has reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada regarding Crown counsel.
“The parties have agreed to withhold details of the agreement until it is ratified,” the province said in the release.
The current collective bargaining agreement between the province and the union expired in September 2023, according to department of finance and Treasury Board spokesperson Mir Hyder.
The union represents about 50 lawyers with the office of the Attorney General who work in “legal and legislative services,” the press release reads.
Issues discussed during bargaining included pay as well as pay parity with Crown prosecutors, according to a bargaining update posted by the union online in April.
Hyder told Brunswick News the parties have agreed that “additional details will remain confidential” until ratification.
Niall Richardson, spokesperson for the union, declined comment until ratification, which he said would come in the next two to three weeks.
