Machinists Ratify Agreement with Kraft Canada!
Montréal, QC – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 2727 have ratified a new collective agreement with Kraft Canada by a margin of 70 per cent.
The four –year agreement provides wage increases of $ .75 per hour in the first year retroactive to April 1, 2010, and $ .70 per hour in each of the three remaining years of the agreement. Other agreement highlights include :
• Modification for granting vacations to allow more members on vacation at the same time
• Improved bereavement leave
• Prohibition on the use of contractors at the time of layoffs in a classification
• Increases in shift and lead hand premiums
• Increased tool allowance
• RRSP contribution increases to $2.15 per hour retroactive to April 1, 2010 and $2.20 per hour April 1, 2012
The sixty members provide maintenance services at the Montréal plant.
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.
The four –year agreement provides wage increases of $ .75 per hour in the first year retroactive to April 1, 2010, and $ .70 per hour in each of the three remaining years of the agreement. Other agreement highlights include :
• Modification for granting vacations to allow more members on vacation at the same time
• Improved bereavement leave
• Prohibition on the use of contractors at the time of layoffs in a classification
• Increases in shift and lead hand premiums
• Increased tool allowance
• RRSP contribution increases to $2.15 per hour retroactive to April 1, 2010 and $2.20 per hour April 1, 2012
The sixty members provide maintenance services at the Montréal plant.
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.
