Employees at steelmaker Ivaco Rolling Mills in L'Orignal, Ontario have ratified new collective agreements providing improved wages, benefits and other significant gains, according to a press release.
The employees, members of United Steelworkers (USW) Locals 7940 and 8794, voted this week to ratify five-year collective agreements with Ivaco, a Canada-based producer of steel billets and hot-rolled wire rod. The new contracts cover about 400 USW members at the steel plant.
The new contracts will provide annual wage increases of 2 percent in each of the next five years. By the final year of the collective agreements, hourly wage rates will range from $29.09 to $35.98 for production workers and from $34.59 to $40.83 for trades people.
The agreements include increased Sunday work premiums, improvements in provisions affecting working conditions and improved benefits including long-term disability, vision care, dental, paramedical and prescription drug coverage.