Wages, more time off part of three-year deal
United Steelworkers (USW) Local 2020 members and the Hampton Inn and Homewood Suites in Sudbury, Ont. have negotiated a new collective agreement providing wage increases and other improvements, according to the union.
Gains in the three-year agreement — covering 70 employees at the two hotels — include wage increases of 40 cents an hour in each year of the deal. The wage increases amount to annual 3.2 per cent pay hikes for most employees.
"Our members stuck together throughout a challenging process," said Roger Morin, president USW Local 2020. "In the end they achieved a fair contract that recognizes their hard work and contributions to the company's success."
Other contract improvements include an additional floater day off in each year of the agreement, a reduction in employee co-pay fees for benefits and a commitment for a joint labour-management committee to review the benefits package to further reduce the cost of benefits, according to the union.
The employees and hotels also negotiated new contract language to provide leave for workers affected by domestic violence.
