Dearborn Ford workers in Kamloops, B.C. ratify contract

Talks began with bad-faith bargaining complaint from Unifor

Dearborn Ford workers in Kamloops, B.C. ratify contract
The new collective agreement with 2.5 per cent wage increase per year, improved overtime provisions, stronger sick leave languages, work retention gains and a 0.25 per cent pension increase, says the union. Google Street View

Unifor 10-B members working at Dearborn Ford in Kamloops, B.C. voted to ratify a new three-year collective agreement on Oct. 7 that includes wage increases and a pension enhancement.

After a turbulent start to bargaining that included a bad-faith bargaining complaint from Unifor, the 43 members of 10-B ratified a new collective agreement with 2.5 per cent wage increase per year, improved overtime provisions, stronger sick leave languages, work retention gains and a 0.25 per cent pension increase, says the union.

Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy.

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