The provincial government has signed a collective agreement with Local 1253 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. This group includes about 1,700 school bus drivers, custodians, maintenance and repair staff, forepersons and other tradespeople working in the province’s seven school districts. Front, from left: Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Brian Kenny; union president Brian Watson; and Treasury Board President Roger Melanson. Back, from left: union treasurer Kelly Way; union negotiator David Perkins; and government negotiator Pamela Boulay.