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FORT MCMURRAY—After a year of negotiations, Unifor Local 707A and Suncor Energy Logistics have reached a tentative agreement for 13 workers at the East Tank Farm (ETF) facility north of Fort McMurray, Alberta.
The contract will be the first for the newly unionized group.
“Unifor is a union for energy workers,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. “A union is the best protection for workers who are often subjected to boom and bust cycles.”
The first contract includes union recognition, a grievance procedure, statutory holiday pay up to 12 hours per day, and the standard severance package for Unifor energy sector workers. Wage increases will be up to 5.6 per cent in the first year, then the prevailing Suncor increase for the remaining three years (to be negotiated in 2019).
Unifor also secured lump sum payments for increases delayed since the union was certified in 2017.
The contract is effective beginning March 15, 2018.
For more information, please contact Unifor Communications Representative Ian Boyko at @email or 778-903-6549 (cell).
