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Unifor, CP
reach 4-year
agreement
CALGARY — Canadian Pacific
(CP) announced on Dec. 2 that it
has reached a new, tentative four-
year collective agreement with
Unifor.
Details of the agreement will be
presented to the Unifor member-
ship for ratification.
About 1,200 mechanical em-
ployees are represented by Unifor.
The current collective agreement
was set to expire on Dec. 31, 2018,
said the company.
"This tentative agreement is a
testament to the hard work, col-
laboration and commitment by
both sides," said Keith Creel, CP's
president and CEO. "We have
now had back-to-back, four-year
agreements with Unifor. Agree-
ments like this are positive steps
for our 13,000-strong CP family,
customers and the broader econ-
omy."
Unifor represents CP's me-
chanical employees who are re-
sponsible for maintaining rail cars
and locomotives.
No further details will be re-
leased at this time, said the com-
pany.
WIPTEC
workers sign
new contract
SHERBROOKE, Que. — United
Food and Commercial Work-
ers union (UFCW) Canada, Lo-
cal 500 members working at
WIPTEC in Sherbrooke, Que.,
achieved a new collective agree-
ment on Nov. 27.
The agreement features wage
increases ranging from nine per
cent to 19 per cent in the first year,
to 22 per cent and 35 per cent by
the end of the contract's duration,
said the union.
The agreement also features an
increase in the evening premium
to $0.50 per hour, an increase in
the night premium to $0.60 per
hour, said UFCW.
As well, workers will receive a
new trainer's premium of $0.75
per hour for a guaranteed mini-
mum of two hours and an increase
in the safety-boot premium to
$100, said the union.
Also part of the new contract
are five holidays that are now
converted to floating holidays,
an additional sick day after one
year of service, overtime offered
by seniority and a fourth week of
vacation after 10 years of service,
according to UFCW.
In addition, a fifth week is add-
ed after 18 years of service, said
the union.
WIPTEC employs more than
200 UFCW Canada, Local 500
members who work as general
labourers, forklift operators and
inventory managers for the full-
service shipping company.
Chartwell
nurses in
Parkhill, Ont.,
join ONA
PARKHILL, Ont. — The On-
tario Nurses' Association (ONA)
— the union representing more
than 65,000 registered nurses
and health-care professionals as
well as 18,000 nursing student af-
filiates — welcomed registered
nurses (RNs) from Chartwell
Parkhill Long-Term Care Resi-
dence in Parkhill, Ont., to ONA
on Nov. 29.
"The highly educated, skilled
and dedicated RNs who work
hard to provide quality care to
their residents have voted unani-
mously to join our union, and we
are honoured to represent them,"
said Vicki McKenna, ONA presi-
dent.
ONA represents more than
65,000 registered nurses and
health-care professionals, as well
as 18,000 nursing student affili-
ates, providing care in hospitals,
long-term care facilities, public
health, the community, clinics
and industry.
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