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USW reaches
agreement
with 2 Ontario
employers
PEMBROKE, Ont. — New
settlements for workers at two
Renfrew County employers will
mean a more secure future in
2017, said the United Steelwork-
ers union (USW).
Employees at Pemco, maker
of steel components, in Pem-
broke, Ont., have negotiated an
agreement that includes a new,
union-trusteed multi-employer
pension plan, improved wages,
vacation and benefits until 2019,
according to the union.
At Samuel, Son and Co., a steel
service facility, workers have also
negotiated a three-year agree-
ment, which includes an im-
proved registered pension plan,
a new, short-term-disability
plan, wage increases and bene-
fits, said the union.
"With all the negative news
about worker displacement in
today's economy, it remains the
union's top priority to negotiate
good contracts with employers
who respect their workers and
their rights," said Marty Warren,
USW Ontario director. "
Steelworkers' union members
at Pemco and Samuel, Son. and
Co., are members of USW local
6946, an amalgamated union lo-
cal.
Addiction
Services
joins OPSEU,
NUPGE
AURORA, Ont. — All 50 front-
line staff with Addiction Services
for York Region (ASYR) are now
members of the Ontario Public
Service Employees Union and
the National Union of Public and
General Employees (OPSEU/
NUPGE).
The workers said yes to join-
ing the 130,000-strong union
in a vote held on Dec. 12, said
the union. OPSEU/NUPGE rep-
resents more than 8,000 mental
health workers
"We had a high turnout, and
the vote was decisively in favour
of joining the union," said Ed
Arvelin, chair of OPSEU's men-
tal health division.
Addiction Services for York
Region is a non-profit rehabili-
tation agency that specializes
in the treatment of substance,
drug, and alcohol abuse. It pro-
vides addiction assessment and
out-patient treatment services
for individuals aged 12 and older.
The agency works out of 9
locations throughout York Re-
gion in Ontario, including Au-
rora, Richmond Hill, Markham,
Maple, and Keswick.
Unifor workers
locked out
in Gander, N.L.
Gander, N.L. — Aerospace com-
pany D-J Composites locked out
employees recently — members
of Unifor local 597 — according
to the union, which said the com-
pany wants wage freezes for up
to five years for some employees
and three years of wage freezes
for others, with an increase of
15 cents an hour in 2018, and 20
cents in 2019.
After 22 months trying to
bargain a new collective agree-
ment the employees authorized
a strike with a 100 per cent vote
mandate, said Unifor.
"Our members are rightfully
upset at the lack of progress at
the bargaining table and with
this lock-out just days before the
holidays," said Carolyn Wrice,
president of Unifor local 597.
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