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Moose Jaw,
Co-op
strike ends
MOOSE JAW, Sask. — Moose
Jaw Co-op workers in Moose Jaw,
Sask., reached a new collective
agreement with the United Food
and Commercial Workers union
(UFCW), Local 1400.
Employees voted on Nov. 6 in
favour of accepting Co-op's offer,
and returned to work on Nov. 8,
after 36 days on strike.
"We're pleased an agreement
was reached that was fair to both
parties," said Gerry Onyskevitch,
general manager. "Our final offer
reduces the wage difference be-
tween longer-term employees
and those hired more recently."
The new agreement pre-
serves the wage scale that was
negotiated for new employees
in the previous collective agree-
ment, a point that was critical
to the long-term competitive-
ness of the retail outlet, said the
union.
Moose Jaw Co-op is a retail
co-operative that has served
Moose Jaw and the surrounding
area for more than 70 years.
First contract
at Edmonton's
ATS signed
EDMONTON — Airport Termi-
nal Services (ATS) workers in Ed-
monton ratified a first contract on
Nov. 9.
"As first contracts go, this one
is a beauty," said Keith Aiken, In-
ternational Association of Ma-
chinists and Aerospace Workers
(IAM), Transportation Lodge
140 general chairperson.
"Any time you can negotiate
significant pay increases in a first
contract, you have to be happy,"
said Aiken
The three-year agreement
provides wage increases of $0.50
per hour every six months in
the first year and a one per cent
wage increase in year two and
three respectively, according to
IAM.
Other collective-agreement
highlights include the introduc-
tion of a multi-employer pen-
sion plan, a reduced wage-scale
grid that goes from 11 years to
10, as well as enhanced benefits,
said the union.
The contract included a new
sick-bank rollover (now ca-
pable of carrying over sick days
to personal days the follow-
ing year), new layoff and recall
rights in place, and a new vaca-
tion schedule, according to the
union.
The 150 members of IAM, Lo-
cal 1681 provide ramp services
for United and WestJet airlines
at the Edmonton International
Airport.
The IAM is the largest union
in the Canadian air transport
sector, according to the union.
HÔtel-Dieu
Grace workers
sign new
contract
WINDSOR, Ont. — Unifor
employees at the Windsor, Ont.,
hospital HÔtel-Dieu Grace
Health care made gains in wag-
es, benefits and vacation en-
titlements, after a new collective
agreement was signed on Nov. 8,
according to Unifor.
"We're pleased for our mem-
bers in the service- and skilled-
trades units who achieved solid
gains over the life of this agree-
ment," said Tullio DiPonti,
Unifor, Local 2458 president.
Both units voted 100 per cent
in favour of the new collective
agreements, which shows that
employees support much of
the work done by the bargain-
ing committee, according to
Unifor.
In addition to wage increases
of more than six per cent over
four years, workers will reach
vacation thresholds sooner, said
the union.
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