Machinists Ratify New Deal with Hobart!
Monday October 20, 2014
For Immediate Release
Richmond Hill, ON – Hobart Food Equipment Group Canada, Service Department and Warehouse personnel, members of IAM Local Lodge 235, have ratified a new collective agreement.
The three-year agreement provides wage increases of 1.75 per cent in each of the first two years and 2 per cent in the third year. Other agreement highlights include :
• Pension increases of .25 per cent in the first and second year respectively
• Increase safety boot allowance
• Increased prescription safety glasses allowance
• Contract language improvements
• Increased Life Insurance coverage
The 14 members provide warehouse and maintenance service for Hobart Food Equipment such as meat slicers, meat choppers, meat grinders, meat saws, peelers, meat tenderizers, food cutters, food processors, refrigeration units, blast chillers, prep tables, counter-top griddles, ovens, broilers, fryers, rotisseries and ranges.
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For further information:
Derek Ferguson – IAM District Lodge 78 Business Representative
416-225-9003/519-807-3106
Bill Trbovich – IAM Director of Communications
416-386-1789 Ext #6331/416-735-9765
