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United Steelworkers have ratified a 4 year agreeement with Canfor
Mar 10, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | Send feedback »
United Steelworkers (USW) members employed by Canfor in 15 operations in the BC northern and southern interior regions have ratified a four-year collective agreement, retroactive to June 30, 2009.
Members in USW Locals 1-424, 1-427 and 1-405 voted in… more »
Fraser Papers' workers in Edmundston ratify pension deal
Mar 8, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | Send feedback »
CEP members at Fraser Papers' Edmundston mill have voted 69.3% to ratify an agreement to change the pension plan and complete the conditions required for the company to restructure and emerge from bankruptcy protection."This was a very difficult deci… more »
AbitibiBowater and the CEP reach an agreement
Mar 7, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | 11 feedbacks »
After arduous negotiations, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) has agreed to a tentative agreement with AbitibiBowater to renew the collective agreement. This deal fulfills an essential condition towards the emergence of th… more »
United Steelworkers reach tentative deal with Canfor
Feb 22, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | Send feedback »
The United Steelworkers are calling their tentative deal with Canfor, 'unprecedented' in the history of collective bargaining in the B.C. forest industry.
Bob Matters, Chair of the United Steelworkers British Columbia Wood Council, said for the first… more »
Fraser Papers workers agree to pay cut
Feb 9, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | Send feedback »
Fraser Paper's unionized workers at the Madawaska paper mill in Maine have agreed to a 8.5% wage cut.
The new three-year labour agreement was ratified by United Steelworkers Locals 291, 365 and 1247.
"The agreement reached last night represents ano… more »
Corner Brook workers agree to wage deferral
Feb 5, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | Send feedback »
All 8 of the unions at Corner Book Pulp and Paper in Newfoundland have voted in favour of a wage deferral request from Kruger Inc.
Kruger asked the unionized workers to take a 10% cut in their pay. If the mill is able to improve its bottom line, then… more »
Kapuskasing workers accept a 10% wage reduction
Jan 31, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | 5 feedbacks »
The unions at Tembec's Kapuskasing mill have voted to accept a 10% reduction in wages.
In the release, Coalition Leader Bob Pellow stated that the deal, which the press release called a "forgivable bridge loan" not a wage cut, will last until Dec. 31… more »
Voting begins today at Kruger in Corner Brook
Jan 25, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | 8 feedbacks »
Today the unionized workers at Kruger's newsprint mill in Corner Brook, Newfoundland will vote on a proposed deal that could see employees accept a 10% cut in pay and possible other concessions in the future.Corner Brook Pulp and Paper, which employs… more »
AbitibiBowater & CEP will resume negotiations in March
Jan 24, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | 25 feedbacks »
Last week negotiations between the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) and AbitibiBowater temporarily adjourned until resume March 1.
The adjournment comes after five days of union deliberations over discussions with governme… more »
New 5 year agreement for Tembec's Chetwynd workers
Jan 21, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | Send feedback »
Tembec today announced that negotiations for a new collective agreement with CEP local 448 representing workers at its Chetwynd, B.C. high yield pulp mill have been successfully concluded.
The new agreement will be for a term of five years and was re… more »
How did the vote go in Kapuskasing?
Jan 20, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | 1 feedback »
On Sunday the unionized workers from the Tembec mill in Kapuskasing, Ontario were called to a meeting at the request of the company.
Last week, the exact details of the request were not known, besides the fact that the unions expected to hear the requ… more »
Manitoba Labour Board orders end to Tembec's lockout in Pine Falls
Jan 13, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | Send feedback »
The Manitoba Labour Board has ordered an end to the 4.5 month lock out of the workers at the Tembec newsprint mill in Pine Falls, Manitoba.
The workers were locked out in September when they rejected Tembec's proposal of steep wage cuts (35%).
Wayn… more »
Tembec workers in Kapuskasing are invited to vote on Sunday
Jan 13, 2010 | In Labour Negotiations | Send feedback »
The unions representing the workers of Tembec in Kapuskasing, Ontario have been asked to a meeting on Sunday at the request of the company.
The exact details of the request are not known, but it is known that the unions will hear the request, and then… more »
Details of the contract settlements in Chetwynd
Dec 28, 2009 | In Labour Negotiations | Send feedback »
A few more details of the labour contracts in Chetwynd are now public.
Canfor and Tembec are both planning to restart their mills in Chetwynd, British Colubmia soon following successful contract negotiations with their workers.
The Steelworkers uni… more »
Tembec Denies Pine Falls Workers Severance, EI and Workplace Rights
Dec 23, 2009 | In Labour Negotiations | 5 feedbacks »
Locked-out members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 3 - 1375, at the Tembec Manitoba Newsprint operations in Powerview-Pine Falls, unanimously rejected a company proposal Tuesday to change the lockout to a layoff if workers agreed to defer severance pa… more »
