Members at Tandus Carpets ratify collective agreement

Members of the Local 4612 bargaining committee, seated at a long table, give thumbs up.
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Unifor Local 4612 members at Tandus Carpets plant in Truro, Nova Scotia have voted in favour of a new three-year contract. The 172 members working in textile manufacturing at the plant ratified the collective agreement on August 25, 2018.

“Our bargaining committee was persistent in getting the best contract for our members,” said Local 4612 President Greg Berry. “We improved our contract language,  increased wages and strengthened our benefits.

The agreement includes adding the Civic Holiday as a paid holiday, improving the overtime banking provisions and annual wage increases of two per cent per year over the life of the contract.