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Alternative
Belting
workers ratify
agreement
LANGLEY, B.C. — Members
of the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace
Workers (IAM), Local Lodge
692, ratified a new collective
agreement on July 17 with Al-
ternative Belting Enterprises in
Langley, B.C.
The one-year collective
agreement provides wage in-
creases of 9.37 per cent which
will bring the employees' wage
rate to $41.69 per hour, said the
union.
Other agreement highlights
include:
• an additional $1.38 per hour
into the IAM Labour-Man-
agement Pension, bringing
the company contribution to
$4.05 per hour on all hours
worked
• a $2,000 signing bonus.
The 17 members consist of
journeymen, specialists and belt
technicians.
Alternative Belting Enter-
prises specializes in conveyor
manufacturing, heavy duty
belting, lightweight belting,
belting installation and belting
repairs for mining, construc-
tion and forestry industries.
NAV Canada,
ATSAC sign
contract
OTTAWA — NAV Canada an-
nounced that members of the
Air Traffic Specialists Associa-
tion (ATSAC) — which repre-
sents about 650 flight service
specialists — ratified a new col-
lective agreement July 18.
The agreement will run un-
til April 30, 2019, and provides
for wage increases, produc-
tivity enhancing changes and
premium adjustments, said the
company.
NAV Canada is a private, not-
for-profit company established
in 1996 that provides air traffic
control, airport advisory servic-
es, weather briefings and aero-
nautical information services
for more than 18-million square
kilometres of Canadian domes-
tic and international airspace.
New Path
workers in
Barrie, Ont.,
approve deal
BARRIE, Ont. — With 97 per
cent voting in favour, the 86
therapists, counsellors and
child and youth workers at New
Path Youth and Family Services
in Barrie, Ont., ratified a tenta-
tive settlement reached with the
employer on July 13.
The agreement came just
minutes before workers would
have been in a legal strike or
lockout situation, according to
the Ontario Public Service Em-
ployees Union (OPSEU).
Workers had been without a
contract since March 31.
The employer offered a $700
gift card and refused to budge
during talks, said the union.
Scott Stratton, bargaining
team chair, said a lump sum
payment is not the same as a pay
increase. "When you increase
salaries by $700, we keep earn-
ing that $700 every year. If we
had taken a one-time lump sum
payment, we'd have lost $14,000
over the next 20 years."
The three-year offer hikes
wages by 1.5 per cent in the first
year, two per cent in the second
year and 1.5 per cent in the third
year, said OPSEU.
