Bulletin
Renewal of the collective agreement for the members working at Plancher Wickham

18 May 2023

The members working at Plancher Wickham met in a general meeting on February 24th and ratified a new 5-year collective agreement with a strong majority. Negotiations led to significant gains for members, including wage increases of 10% in the first year of the agreement and 2.5% for the four years to come;

Highlights of the tentative agreement:

  • Addition of various leaves of absence: floating holiday, sick day as well as a leave for a birthday;
  • Increase in the number of weeks of vacation after 15 years of seniority;
  • Increase in various bonuses such as evening shift, team leader, trainers, seniority;
  • Increase in the employer’s contribution to a RRSP;
  • Change of schedule for the evening team who now work 36 hours and being paid 40 hours per week;
  • In the next few weeks, the texts of the new agreement will be signed and sent to the members;

In the next few weeks, the texts of the new agreement will be signed and sent to the members.

Congratulations to the negotiating committee composed of Véronique Jean, Cathy Senneville and Annie Grenier!