Murray-Latta Signs New Deal with Machinists!
Surrey, BC – Murray – Latta Machine Company has a new collective agreement with members of IAMAW Local Lodge 692.
“After two rejected offers and a strike mandate we finally got it done,” explained IAMAW District Lodge 250 Business Representative Paul Pelletreau. The ratification margin was 96 per cent.
The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 3 per cent in the first year, 2 per cent in the second year and 3 per cent in the third year. Other agreement highlights include :
• Defined work hours for day, afternoon and night shift
• Boot allowance increased to $175.00 per year
• Vehicle mileage increased to $ .52 per kilometer
• Banked overtime will increase to 160 hours
• Employees who qualify for short term disability will be reimbursed 50 per cent of the 3 day waiting period 2 times per calendar year
• The employers and employees pension contribution will increase $ .10 per hour in each year.
The 17 members build everything from luggage conveyor systems at airports to dismantling bottling plants at one location and reassembling them in a new area. Their latest achievement is the construction and installation of a fully automated 64-stall parking lot in downtown Vancouver – the first in Canada!
IAMAW, among the largest industrial trade unions in North America, represents more than 700,000 active and retired members, and administers more than 5,000 contracts in transportation, woodworking, aerospace, manufacturing and defense related industries.
“After two rejected offers and a strike mandate we finally got it done,” explained IAMAW District Lodge 250 Business Representative Paul Pelletreau. The ratification margin was 96 per cent.
The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 3 per cent in the first year, 2 per cent in the second year and 3 per cent in the third year. Other agreement highlights include :
• Defined work hours for day, afternoon and night shift
• Boot allowance increased to $175.00 per year
• Vehicle mileage increased to $ .52 per kilometer
• Banked overtime will increase to 160 hours
• Employees who qualify for short term disability will be reimbursed 50 per cent of the 3 day waiting period 2 times per calendar year
• The employers and employees pension contribution will increase $ .10 per hour in each year.
The 17 members build everything from luggage conveyor systems at airports to dismantling bottling plants at one location and reassembling them in a new area. Their latest achievement is the construction and installation of a fully automated 64-stall parking lot in downtown Vancouver – the first in Canada!
IAMAW, among the largest industrial trade unions in North America, represents more than 700,000 active and retired members, and administers more than 5,000 contracts in transportation, woodworking, aerospace, manufacturing and defense related industries.
