Machinists ratify with Volvo/Mack Canada!

Mississauga, ON – Members of IAMAW Local Lodge 1922 have unanimously ratified a new collective agreement with Volvo/Mack Canada.
The three-year agreement provides for wage increases of 2.5 per cent in each year with the wage increase in the first year retroactive to September 30, 2010.
Other agreement high lights include :
• Increased shift premiums
• Increased Vision care benefits
• Increased Safety Shoe allowance
• Increased physiotherapy benefits
• Increased Group Term and Accidental Death & Dismemberment benefits
• Employees who elect early retirement shall be entitled to a $2,000 non-cumulative Health Care Spending account each year between ages 62-65 for use in buying health insurance
The seven members provide warehouse services at the Volvo/Mack Truck Parts Distribution Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.
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.