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Dryden hotel workers renew contract with improvements
At a meeting held October 3, 2006, Local 175 members at the Best Western Motor Inn in Dryden voted to accept a new three-year contract including the following highlights:
Wages increase by a total of 65 cents per hour across-the-board over the duration of the agreement. The full-time Night Porter receives a shift premium of 30 cents per hour for hours worked between midnight and 7:30 a.m. Dental plan contributions increase to 31 cents per hour by year three of the contract. Employer contributions for the Benefit Trust plan, which cover 100 per cent of the premium, increase to 66 cents per hour by the third year of the deal. Pension contributions increase by 11 cents per hour over the course of the contract. Workers receive reimbursement up to $25 toward the cost of safety shoes.
Union Negotiating Committee: Kelly McNally, Lisa Murdick and Union Rep David Noonan.
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Maple Leaf workers vote in favour of three-year contract
Approximately 250 Local 175 members at the Maple Leaf Consumers Foods facility in Hamilton secured a new three-year collective agreement at a meeting held October 27, 2006. Highlights include:
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Wage increases of 35 cents per hour for all active employees effective September 1, 2006.
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Full-time workers receive subsequent increases of 35 cents per hour in both the second and third year of the contract term.
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Life insurance increases to $30,000 effective September 1, 2007.
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Effective September 1, 2007, all members of the bargaining unit become part of a pay-direct drug plan, which includes 80 per cent coverage of prescription drugs, including all dispensing fees up to $8, to an annual maximum of $2,000. Lifetime health coverage has a maximum of $5,000.
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Dental contributions increase to 30 cents per hour effective upon ratification. This amount increases to 32 cents per hour in the third year of the agreement.
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Beginning January 31, 2008, the company will begin contributions to the Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan (CCWIPP) in the amount of 5 cents per hour. These contributions increase by another 5 cents per hour on September 1, 2008.
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Workers receive reimbursement up to $300 per year for the purchase of a new or upgraded tool.
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New language provides policy for separation pay in the event of a plant closure.
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Improved language covers steward representation and leaves of absence.
Union Negotiating Committee: Gerry Kirkwood, Ross Sardinha, Paul Weston and Union Rep Joe DeMelo.
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Maple Lodge Farms workers ratify new three-year deal
Approximately 1,100 workers at the Maple Lodge Farms facility in Brampton approved a new collective agreement that will cover the next three years. Highlights of the contract, ratified at a meeting held October 22, 2006, include:
Wages increase by 45 cents per hour, retroactive to October 13, 2006. Workers receive subsequent increases of 45 cents per hour in the second year and 50 cents per hour in the third year of the contract term. Workers receive a monthly Attendance Incentive bonus of three hours additional pay, up to a total of 36 hours per year, if they have perfect attendance in that month. The safety footwear allowance improves to $140 per year. This amount increases to $145 in the second year and $150 in the final year of the agreement. Company contributions to the Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan (CCWIPP) increase to 65 cents per hour effective October 13, 2006. This amount increases to 70 cents per hour on October 13, 2008. Effective February 1, 2007, the company will begin paying premiums to the UFCW Trusteed Dental Plan in the amount of $12.80 per week per employee. This amount increases by 40 cents in year two and by another 40 cents per hour in the third year. The plan coverage includes major work and orthodontics. Vision care coverage improves to pay up to $225 per 24-month period for employees and dependants. In 2008, this amount increases to $250. Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) increase to $40,000 for the employee. Spousal life insurance increases to $10,000 and child coverage improves to $5,000. Orthotics will be added to the list of expenses incurred through a podiatrist that are eligible for coverage under the group benefit plan. Each worker shall be scheduled for two fifteen-minute breaks during their shift. Improved bereavement leave entitlement provides five days leave with pay for the death of a spouse of child. The previous collective agreement, which expired October 12, 2006, was reached following almost three weeks of legal strike action by the workers.
Union Negotiating Committee (l-r): Joe Silva, Americo Cirurgiao, Union Rep Fernando Reis, Joe Barbosa, Antonio Amaral, Leonor Sena, Joe Pereira, Sadiq Hassan and Union Rep Matt Davenport.
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Hospitality workers in Hornepayne approve new deal
On October 11, 2006, the approximately 30 Local 175 members at the Northstar Centre Inn in Hornepayne secured a new collective agreement. The four-year contract includes:
Wage increases of 30 cents per hour to the top rate in each of the four years covered by the contract term. In the fourth year, workers with 10 years of service receive an additional increase of 50 cents per hour. Workers beginning their fifth and fifteenth year of continuous service prior to October 7, 2000, receive an additional payment of 20 cents per hour. Shift differentials increase to $1 per hour in the first year. Front desk lead hand base rate increases by 50 cents per hour in year one. Lead hands receive an additional 50 cents per hour over and above their wage rate. This amount increases to 75 cents per hour in year two and $1 per hour in the third year. The company will establish a Health & Welfare bank to which it will credit each worker with $100 in each year of the agreement to total $400 per worker. Accumulated money can be used toward health related expenses. Bereavement leave entitlement improves to four days, up from three, for the death of a grandparent, in-law parent or sibling, aunt, uncle or great grandparents.
Hornepayne is a small town about 5 hours east of Thunder Bay.
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Mary McLeod is a long serving member from Northstar Centre Inn in Hornepayne. Mary is the longest serving member at that unit and has been with the company since the doors opened. |
Union Negotiating Committee: Amanda Malloy, Beth Malloy, Roger Parker, Union Rep Colby Flank and North West Director Shawn Haggerty.
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Anniversary Updates
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Almonte Country Haven
Effective October 21, 2006 (unless otherwise indicated), the following improvements will occur as a result of your collective agreement:
All rates and classifications receive a wage increase of 3 per cent. Effective January 2007, pension contributions increase by two cents per hour to a rate of 49 cents per hour. Effective January 2007, dental contributions increase to 31 cents per hour.
Reminder: The company’s contribution to the Health & Welfare plan is now 7 per cent of gross earnings.
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Brown Shoe Company
Effective October 25, 2006, the following improvements occur as a result of your collective agreement:
Warehouse, head shipper and red-circled workers receive a wage increase of 40 cents per hour.
Reminder: The company’s contribution to the health plan is 80 per cent and workers pay 20 per cent. There is a three-year lag in the dental fee payment. The company pays $150 toward the cost of safety boots.
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Loeb Cornwall
Effective October 15, 2006 the following improvements will occur as a result of your collective agreement:
Top rates for both full and part-time increase by 35 cents per hour. All other rates increase by 20 cents per hour.
Reminder: Part-time guarantee is now achieved after a shorter period of time. Full and part-time workers are eligible to one floater day to be scheduled before the end of the current year.
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New Edinburgh Square
Effective October 1, 2006 (unless otherwise indicated), the following improvements occur as a result of your collective agreement:
All rates and classifications receive increases of 3 per cent. All registered staff receive an additional 25 cent per hour adjustment. Effective September 1, 2007, all rates and classifications increase by 1 per cent. Effective January 2007, pension contributions increase to 48 cents per hour.
Reminder: Workers with eight years of service qualify for four weeks vacation and those with 15 years service qualify for five weeks vacation. Employees have two floating holidays. The company contributes 80 per cent to the cost of both the Health & Welfare and Dental plans and workers pay 20 per cent toward each. All employees qualify for a uniform allowance of $120 for full-time and $60 for part-time.
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Sterling Place
Effective October 1, 2006, the following improvements occur as a result of your collective agreement.
The hourly wage for the end rates increases by 2 per cent.
Reminder: Pension contributions are now at 46 cents. Full-time receive a uniform allowance of $125 per year and part-time receive $65 per year.
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Locals
175 & 633 In The News
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Whitby workers at JH McNairn on strike
Article posted on: October 31, 2006
Whitby, ON – Approximately 128 unionized full-time workers at the JH McNairn facility in Whitby began legal strike action at midnight, October 29.
“The company will not address wage inequities or shift scheduling and they refuse to provide a good pension or improve other important contract language,” says Wayne Hanley, President of the workers’ union UFCW Local 175 and UFCW National Director.
The union and company have been in negotiations since August and the workers’ contract expired on September 30. The two parties met in mediation on October 24, 2006, assisted by a mediation officer from the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB).
The company presented the negotiating committee with a final offer. The Union brought the offer back to the members of the bargaining unit for a vote. The workers rejected the offer by 86 per cent.
Workers at this facility manufacture paper and packaging products used at Tim Hortons, Burger King, Mr. Sub, Taco Bell, Subway and Quiznos as well as bakeries and supermarkets.
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A&P workers vote 98 per cent in favour of strike
Article posted on: October 30, 2006
Mississauga, ON – Unionized workers at A&P, Ultra Food & Drug, and Dominion voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike at meetings held across the province yesterday.
The strike mandate follows weeks of unsuccessful negotiations centered on wage and benefit improvements and job security.
“These members work hard every day for this company and they should receive compensation and benefits that reflect that,” says Wayne Hanley, President of UFCW Local 175, the workers’ union, and UFCW National Director. “The strong strike mandate shows us that the members know what’s at stake here and that they will do what it takes to get the wages, benefits and working conditions that they have earned through their hard work.”
Negotiations ended last week with no settlement between the union and the company. No strike date has been set and the union hopes to return to bargaining as soon as possible. A strike would affect more than 10,000 workers at stores across the province.
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Listings for A&P Meetings to be held October 29, 2006
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR REQUIRE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE INFORMATION POSTED BELOW, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR UNION REP.
ALL SITES HAVE TWO MEETINGS SCHEDULED AT THE SAME LOCATION - ONE IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE AFTERNOON - TIMES DIFFER FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION.
| Arnprior |
9:30 a.m. OR 4:00 p.m |
Arnprior Mall
Next to Lottery Centre |
15520 Yonge Street
Aurora |
Aurora,
Newmarket &
Stouffville |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Howard Johnson |
15520 Yonge Street
Aurora |
| Barrie & Orillia |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Ferndale Banquet Hall |
24 Ferndale Industrial Dr
Barrie |
Belleville
(#132, #153, #155, #404) |
11:30 a.m. OR 8:00 p.m. |
Ramada Inn |
11 Bay Bridge Rd
Belleville Room |
| Brampton |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Bramalea Lions Hall |
45 Avondale Blvd
3 lights north of Steeles Ave off Bramalea |
| Burlington |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
UFCW Hamilton Office |
412 Rennie Street
Hamilton |
| Collingwood |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Georgian Manner Resort |
10 Vacation Inn Drive |
| Ganonoque |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Best Western |
715 King St. E.
Squire's Room |
| Georgetown |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Legion Hall Branch 120 |
127 Mill Street |
| Guelph |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Holiday Inn |
601 Scottsdale Drive
Oakwood Ballroom |
| Huntsville |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Holiday Inn - Hidden Valley Resort |
1755 Valley Road
Highland Ballroom |
Kingston
(#152 & #170) |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Travelodge Hotel |
2360 Princess St.
Frontenac Room |
| Leamington |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
UFCW Local 459 |
261 Erie Street
South |
London &
St. Thomas |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Bestwestern Lamplighter |
591 Wellington Rd South
London |
| Mississauga |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
International Centre |
6900 Airport Road
Hall #2 Entrance
French Room |
| Napanee |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Royal Canadian
Legion #137 |
26 Mills St. E. |
Niagara Falls &
St. Catharines |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Best Western Cairn Croft |
6400 Lundy's Lane
Niagara Falls |
| Oakville |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Holiday Inn |
2525 Waterford Rd.
Halton Ballroom |
| Oshawa/Whitby |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Best Western Octaviens |
559 Bloor Street West
Oshawa
'E' |
| Ottawa |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Days Inn |
366 Hunt Club Rd. |
| Owen Sound |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Bayshore
Community |
1900 3rd Ave E.
Christy Hare Rm. |
| Parry Sound |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Jolly Roger Inn |
Hwy 69
Exit #217 |
| Peterborough |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Holiday Inn |
150 George St. N.
Garden Crt. Rm. |
| Port Hope |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Comfort Inn |
Northeast Corner Hwy 401 & 28 |
| Sarnia |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Euro Can
Lambton Inn |
1485 London Rd. |
| Sault Ste Marie |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Holiday Inn Waterfront |
208 St. Mary's River Dr. |
| Scarborough |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Delta Scarborough |
2035 Kennedy Rd (@ the 401) |
| Simcoe |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Travelodge
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385 Queensway West
Port Dover Room |
| Sudbury |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Holiday Inn Hotel |
1696 Regent Street |
| Thunder Bay |
10:00 a.m. OR
7:00 p.m. |
Lakehead Labour Centre |
929 Fort William Road |
| Tillsonburg |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Community Centre |
45 Hardy Drive |
| Timmins |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Howard Johnson |
1800 Riverside Dr. |
| Toronto |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
OFL Building |
15 Gervais Drive
Don Mills, ON |
| Windsor |
9:30 a.m. OR 7:00 p.m |
Caboto Club |
2175 Parent Ave. |
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Organizing Gets Cracking!
Article posted on: October 03, 2006
Fifty-seven workers at Inovatech Egg Products in St. Marys, who break eggs and process the whites and yolks into numerous food ingredients, have voted in favour of joining Local 175 by more than 70 per cent. Employees first contacted Local 175 after hearing good things about our Union from friends and family working at Maple Leaf Poultry (Schneiders) in St. Marys and Dresden Industrial in Stratford. Major issues of the organizing drive included the need for fair treatment, job security, wage improvements and better benefits.
“These workers are strong and educated,” says Local 175 Organizing Representative Kevin Shimmin. “They knew their rights and were determined to fight for a better future. They were strategic and courageous during the campaign and this translated into a strong victory.”
This past spring, employees of Lynde Creek Manor Retirement Residence in Whitby joined Local 175 in a unanimous vote because they wanted better scheduling, good wages and health benefits. The employer has been operating for less than a year and is planning major expansions in the near future. The workers heard of Local 175’s reputation for strong collective agreements and servicing excellence in the retirement and nursing home sector.
Mudges Appliance workers in London won a certification vote by 94 per cent. “This victory was especially rewarding considering the intimidation from the employer,” explains Kevin. “The owner terminated employees as soon as he heard about our certification application and continues to use intimidation and threats during negotiations for a first collective agreement. But we know these workers will fight for their right to decent wages and dignity and respect at work.”
A number of new members work in places that already belong to our Union. Employees of Breakaway community health centre in Toronto, who provide addiction counselling to young people, recently voted to join. Our Union also certified the Quality Assurance employees at Ready Bake Foods in Mississauga where production workers already belong to the union. “Our Organizing Team works best when we coordinate with our Union Reps and Stewards,” says Kevin. “Wherever they see groups of employees in our workplaces who are not in the Union, we can work together to get them organized.”
The Locals 175 & 633 Organizing Department currently includes Organizing Coordinator Michael Duden, Organizing Representatives Kevin Shimmin, Steve Robinson assisted by Servicing Rep Lien Huynh and Special Project Union Representative Dean McLaren.
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Student at Hald-Nor Credit Union gets extra pay
Article posted on: October 03, 2006
A student who worked part-time at Hald-Nor Community Credit Union in Cayuga was happy to be paid an additional $180.37 after Local 175 filed a grievance.
A Letter of Understanding in the collective agreement specified a student rate classification. But this rate only applies to students working during summer vacation periods, school breaks or on Saturdays. The company scheduled the young member for nine days, over a three-week period, while there was a labour dispute at Mohawk College. Once the arbitrator heard the Union’s arguments, she required the employer to compensate the member for any losses incurred for being paid the student rate, rather than the higher regular part-time rate which she should have received.
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