Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Lombard Pre-Cast Employees Ratify New Agreement Providing Solid Wage Gains

Duncan, BC—Employees of Lombard Pre-Cast Limited Partnership ratified a three-year collective agreement providing them with solid wage increases and other improvements.

The 25 employees are represented by Construction and Allied Workers Union, CLAC Local 68. The union has represented them since 1983.

The new contract provides employees with a 6.6 percent wage increase retroactive to November 1, 2022, followed by 3.5 percent wage increases in years two and three, wage market adjustments, and the creation of new classifications. Other improvements include the creation of a $250 fitness account, increases to designated and back-up first aid premiums, better training and experience for back-up machine operators and a new $1 per hour premium for those positions, and more inclusive personal protective equipment provisions for probationary employees. In addition, unused illness and injury days can be paid out or contributed to the employees’ RSP plan.

“The union bargaining committee did a great job determining the many varied needs of the membership,” says Chas Herrod, CLAC representative. “We’re pleased with the outcome of negotiations, especially needed wage improvements to help offset members’ rising cost of living in these inflationary times.”

Lombard Pre-Cast Employees Ratify New Agreement Providing Solid Wage Gains

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