A tentative agreement between the City of Prince Albert and CUPE 882, representing city employees, appears to have fallen apart.

The union has filed an unfair labour practice with the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board seeking a ruling on the city’s conduct during bargaining. The union is claiming the city violated the Employment Act, saying the city informed them that a call centre at City Hall, created during the strike to manage calls, would remain in place. According to CUPE 882, the call centre would impact the classification of at least nine employees. The City of Prince Albert says there was no violation and that the implementation of the call centre will result in no job losses, no wage loss, no change to work hours and no change to job classifications or descriptions. CUPE 882 halted the ratification vote on Friday of the tentative agreement that had been reached with the city.