They will also get increases to benefits and pension contributions and to meal and living out allowances.
They will also get increases to benefits and pension contributions and to meal and living out allowances.
Their new 1-year contract will also include increases to maternity and bereavement leave.
That’s spread over 3 years. They also get a new shift premium and can now bank overtime.
The bad news is that their contract expired a year ago, so they have to start bargaining on a new one again.
Inflation over the last 8 years has grown 6 times faster than wages for these workers have.
The workers filed for unionization in the summer of 2022 and became certified 2 months later. They negotiated their first contract in 9 months.
The workers at Marmot Basin had voted 100% to unionize their workplace, nearly a year after filing to certify.
One community lost their ER for nearly 300 hours.
That’s over 3 years and less than they got in their previous contract.
If they’re successful, they’d be joining HVAC workers at the same company, who unionized last year.