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Toronto hotel
workers vote
to join Unifor
TORONTO — A majority of
workers at two Toronto hotels
signed membership cards con-
firming their decision to switch
unions on Jan. 22.
"This is a great victory and
only the start of a movement by
Canadian hospitality workers in
Canada to take control of their
future," said Lis Pimentel, who is
leading a campaign for members
of Unite Here, Local 75 to join
Unifor.
The American parent union
placed the local into trusteeship
earlier in January in a dispute
over the right of the local to set
its own course. It also removed
elected officers and seized the
local's assets, said the union.
Such a takeover is a betrayal of
the democratic voices of work-
ers, according to Pimentel.
The majority of workers at the
Marriott Yorkville and Court-
yard Marriott hotels in down-
town Toronto signed member-
ship cards to join Unifor. With
their collective agreements set
to expire on Jan. 31, the work-
ers are in an open period, and so
can choose to switch to another
union, according to Unifor.
A vote will now be held with
all unionized workers at the two
hotels to formally switch their
membership to Unifor.
First contract
for employees
of IGA Cantley
in Quebec
CANTLEY, Que. — Workers at
the IGA grocery store in Cantley,
Que., ratified their first collec-
tive agreement on Jan. 15.
Under the new three-year
contract, the employer will con-
tribute to the UFCW Quebec
Dental Plan and cover 80 per
cent of dental expenses of the
workers, who are represented by
United Food and Commercial
Workers Canada (UFCW), Lo-
cal 500.
The agreement also provides
sick leave for regular employees,
a floating holiday for all workers
and premiums for check-out su-
pervisors. As well, workers at the
top of the wage scale will enjoy a
two per cent wage increase, said
the union.
"By joining an international
union that has long-standing ex-
pertise in the grocery industry,
the IGA Cantley members are
now in a much stronger position,
and we are very proud of this first
collective agreement," said An-
tonio Filato, president UFCW
Canada, Local 500. "
Canada
Malting
workers
ratify deal
THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Unit-
ed Food and Commercial Work-
ers Canada (UFCW), Local 175
members working at Canada
Malting in Thunder Bay, Ont.,
ratified a new collective agree-
ment on Jan. 16.
Employees will receive wage
increases of $2.03 per hour over
the three-year term, said the
union.
Additionally, members will
receive a $15 meal allowance if
working more than two years of
unplanned overtime continu-
ous with the regular shift. As
well, the employer will pay an
improved safety-boot allowance
of $200 per year, up from $150,
according to UFCW.
The committee was able to
achieve new rules for 12-hour
shift work and maintenance em-
ployees will receive a wage ad-
justment in the first year.
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