TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!!

All members:

After a long 12 hour day on Wednesday August 10th, a tentative agreement has been reached with Finning which enhances wages and entitlements for our membership for the next 3 years.  The publishing of the memorandum will be completed as soon as possible and will be supplied to all of you prior to voting. We’re currently working out the details of the roll out meetings at your locations, some of which will involve video conferencing. We will involve electronic voting for our members who work or live in outlying locations, details will all be forthcoming.

Highlights of the Memorandum:

• 3 year term at 4%, 3%, 2% and a $4000 signing bonus for every member
• 2 extra Sick/Flex days (more flexibility of usage) and can use banked time
• Pre-planned medical - no erosion of sick time
• Banked time from 160 to 320 hours
• Saturdays and Sundays are now double time OT
• Improved wage discrepancy for TCRS semi skilled
• True hour averaging for all continuous shift members ie: Ekati calculation
• Vacation improvements to years 13 and 18
• Your choice of 8hr to 12hr vacation usage outside of primetime
• Improvements to premiums and general provisions
• Prorated severance and extended recall

Thank you for your support,

Your Bargaining Committee:

Kevin Clark, Wade Zenchyson, Mark Meldrum,

James McLeod, Jeremy Brydges