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Unifor members from James Bay to North Bay, Ontario, working at Ontario Northland Railway have ratified new collective agreements, a month after 200 of the 350 members were locked out.
Ontario Northland locked out Unifor shop employees on November 14 as it tried unsuccessfully to force concessions on that would allow the contracting out of much of the work performed by the workers and the elimination of the skilled trades program.
The agreement provides immediate wage increases for skilled trades, with improvements of 2 per cent on January 1st of 2016, 2017 and 2018. Unifor represents clerical, on-board service, stores, shops and Cochrane Station Inn at various locations across Northern Ontario.
