Quebec Paccar workers back on assembly lines
STE-THERESE, Que. (Dec. 7, 2004) — Paccar workers at the Ste-Therese truck plant went against their union’s the recommendation to reject the company’s final offer and instead voted to ratify a new deal.
About 81 per cent of the 800 employees went back to work yesterday after accepting the company’s offer of 12 per cent salary increase and some improvements to their pension plan and benefits.
However, the company did not grant requested changes to aspects of the collective agreement dealing with seniority clauses and union representation issues.
The week before, 88 per-cent of the Canadian Autoworkers union members rejected a similar deal that would have given them a salary increase of 12 per cent over five years. They were subsequently locked out and have been on strike since last Wednesday.
The Ste-Thérèse plant is Paccar’s primary medium-duty truck assembly facility for Kenworth trucks. It also builds some Peterbilt truck models.
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