About 1,000 employees will get wage hikes, signing bonuses
Unifor members at Loblaws Ajax Distribution Centre in Ajax, Ont., ratified a collective agreement on Feb. 27 that improves working conditions and wins back the cuts of Bill 47.
“When Premier (Doug) Ford plotted with corporate lobbyists like Galen Weston to attack workers’ rights, Unifor members pledged to bargain back decent work,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor national president. “Warehouse workers in Ajax did just that. They organized through their union to raise standards while facing a company that notoriously opposes worker’s rights.”
About 1,000 workers, members of Unifor, Local 222, ratified a three-year collective agreement, said the union.
The new gains include wage increases for all workers, equal pay for equal work for part-time and clerical workers and new 96-hour notice for shift changes and cancellations, said Unifor.
Major issues specific to the workplace were also resolved including an improved disciplinary process, better job ownership, signing bonuses, and the establishment of a joint diversity inclusion committee to proactively address racism and discrimination in the workplace, said the union.
Unifor is Canada’s largest union in the private sector, representing 162,800 workers in Ontario.
