Press Release
Unifor members in Kenora unanimously ratified a six-year labour agreement with Kenora Forest Products yesterday.
Along with a 67 percent increase in employer contributions to employee pensions, the new deal will see production pay rise by 18 percent.
Licensed trades pay will increase by 36 percent to about $36/hour by the final year of the contract.
“We were finally able to conduct a ratification vote on the tentative deal reached last August now that the multi-million-dollar expansion work has started and senior laid-off Unifor members are being recalled to help prepare for a September sawmill re-start,” said Unifor national representative Stephen Boon,
“We are very pleased to see that the mill ownership’s unwavering commitment to this operation, the stability provided by this long-term labour deal, and the ongoing support by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry will soon help restore 105 good-paying sawmill jobs, along with several hundred in-direct jobs in Kenora,” Boon added.
