NEGOTIATIONS
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Local 175 negotiates first dental plan for Sodexho workers • Effective January 1, 2008, workers will At a ratification meeting held March 3, 2006, members at Sodexho MS Canada in Lindsay ratified a new 34-month collective agreement. • Effective the date of ratification, approximately half the bargaining unit receives an automatic increase of 40 cents per hour. • In addition, all workers receive wage increases of 25 cents per hour in both the first and second year of the contract.
receive dental coverage through the UFCW Trusteed Dental Plan. • Additionally they receive six sick days per year and can accumulate up to 30 days in sick bank. • Language additions cover a new grievance procedure, new ‘no contracting out’ policy and new provisions for a Health & Safety Committee. Union Negotiating Committee: Kelly Cooper, James Mulhern and Union Rep Chris Fuller.
Sensient Flavors workers reach three-year contract
New contract for Township of East Ferris workers On December 8, 2005, members working for the Township of East Ferris ratified a new three-year agreement. It covers Public Works and Arena employees and includes: • Wage increases, the first of which is retroactive to October 27, 2005, averaging 11 per cent over the term of the contract. • Improved work apparel language and new language for schedule posting plus eye exams included in benefit coverage. Union Negotiating Committee: Emile Perron and Union Rep Tim Deelstra.
Members at Sensient Flavors, located in Tara, voted in favour of a new three-year collective agreement on December 17, 2005. Highlights include: • Increases of: wages by 3 per cent annually; hourly premium by 5 cents in each shift category and boot allowance, to $160, plus various cleaning premiums. • Improved safety committee language. Union Negotiating Committee: Floyd Hill, Paul Rody and Union Rep Angus Locke.
Health care workers gain wage and benefit improvements
Award secures retroactive wage increases at Knollcrest Lodge
At a meeting held March 23, 2006, 21 members at the Parkdale Community Health Centre secured a new three-year collective agreement, which includes:
Recently, an arbitrator awarded the workers at Knollcrest Lodge in Milverton improved wages in a new three-year collective agreement, which includes:
• Wage increases as determined by the Ministry of Health – Long Term Care branch. • Mileage reimbursement improves to 35 cents per kilometre and meal allowances increase to $12 for breakfast, $16 for lunch and $19 for dinner. • Workers receive an improved Professional Development allowance of $275 per year, effective April 1, 2007, and $300 per year effective April 1, 2008. • Workers receive a one-time $700 pro-rated RRSP payment and vacation entitlement improves. • The annual maximum number of sick days allowed increases to 18.
• Across-the-board wage increases of 2.5 per cent retroactive to January 1, 2005 and 1.25 per cent retroactive to January 1, 2006. • Subsequent across-the-board increases include 1.25 per cent on July 1, 2005, and 2.5 per cent on January 1, 2007. • Registered Nurses (RNs) receive a special adjustment of 25 cents per hour beginning the pay period following the award and another 25 cents per hour on January 1, 2007. • Contributions to the UFCW Trusteed Dental Plan increase by a total of 3 cents by January 1, 2007.
Union Negotiating Committee: Julie Knights, Beth Wierzbicki, Tricia Williams and Union Rep Fernando Reis.
Union Negotiating Committee: Kate Bancroft, Connie Cassel, Linda Duncan and Union Rep Wendy Absolom.