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Workers at
CapsCanada
sign fi rst deal
TECUMSEH, Ont. — United
Food and Commercial Work-
ers Canada (UFCW), Local 175
members working at CapsCan-
ada in Tecumseh, Ont., ratified
their first collective agreement
on Oct. 20.
The employees at CapsCan-
ada manufacture gelatin and
hypromellose capsules used for
medicines and pharmaceuticals
in over 60 countries.
The four-year contract in-
cludes a number of improve-
ments over the workers' previ-
ous employment conditions.
Members on the negotiating
committee achieved new lan-
guage ensuring that overtime is
now voluntary, with the elimi-
nation of on-call shifts. As well,
they secured the ability to take
up to four weeks' vacation at one
time, said the union.
Workers will receive a two per
cent increase as of the date of
ratification, plus subsequent in-
creases of 1.75 per cent in each of
the following three years of the
contract term. In addition, all ac-
tive employees will receive sign-
ing bonuses ranging from $400
to $600. Employees who receive
promotions will receive a 50 cent
per hour increase after 30 days
while they progress through the
wage grid, according to UFCW.
Sick days increase to two per
year plus one personal day, and
no doctor's note will be required
until an employee is absent two
days in a row, said the union.
Town of
Paradise, N.L.,
workers vote
to strike
PARADISE, N.L. — Workers
with the Town of Paradise, N.L.
— who are members of the New-
foundland and Labrador As-
sociation of Public and Private
Employees (NAPE) — voted in
favour of a strike on Oct. 15.
"NAPE has been in contract
talks with the employer since
the spring of this year," said Jerry
Earle, NAPE president. "Bar-
gaining was referred to concili-
ation services in an effort to fa-
cilitate discussions last month.
Unfortunately, conciliation ef-
forts failed."
While efforts are still be-
ing made to resolve the issues,
NAPE will not be making any
further comment regarding
specific issues at the bargaining
table at this time, said the union.
"While workers have voted
in favour of a strike mandate,
we will be asking the employer
to meet with a conciliator in an
attempt to avoid any work stop-
page," said Earle.
MacDonald
Dettwiler,
Unifor reach
agreement
VANCOUVER — Unifor Locals
112 and 673 negotiated tenta-
tive agreements on Oct. 16 with
MacDonald, Dettwiler and As-
sociates (MDA) after more than
one month of bargaining.
The previous collective agree-
ments with MDA expired Aug.
4, but were extended while a new
contract was negotiated, said the
union.
Negotiations between Uni-
for and MacDonald Dettwiler
began Sept. 11, with a tentative
agreement being reached after
a conciliator was brought in, ac-
cording to Unifor.
No details of the tentative
agreement will be released until
workers have voted and ratified
to accept.
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