Ralph Mcbride News Today

A new collective agreement struck between the City of Fredericton and its bus drivers eliminates a provision that entitled them to double pay on Sundays, improving the prospects the transit service will be extended to that day.

Providing Sunday bus service in Fredericton could cost the city as much as $2.4 million annually, with much of that cost thanks to a section in the drivers' collective agreement stipulating they be paid double for working on that day.