35 members of Unifor Local 672 have voted 63 per cent in favour of a new collective agreement, ending a four month long strike. Union National Representative Glen Sonier says the new deal provides a nine per cent pay raise over four years, retroactive to October of last year. He says the employer, S.G.S. Canada also removed its demand for part-time workers. [audio wav="http://blackburnnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Sonier-2.wav"][/audio] The workers load and unload ships, trucks and rail cars at Imperial Oil and ships at Suncor.
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