Montreal – September 15, 2014 – UFCW Canada Local 500 members at the Loblaw supermarket in Granby have achieved a new collective agreement. The new agreement was overwhelmingly ratified by the membership and runs until 2021.

The new collective agreement provides many improvements including:

• Payroll increases of 2% at the top of the wage scales, retroactive to February 2014 for eligible workers;

• A premium of $0.60 an hour for workers who work in positions ranked above their own for four hours instead of six hours;

• A night premium of $1.00 per hour;

• A new premium of $0.50 an hour for the SAP operations manager; 

• Three weeks of vacation after four years instead of five;

• Four weeks of vacation after eight years instead of 10;

• A contribution of $0.60 per hour worked to the Canadian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan for all eligible workers, which, during the course of the collective agreement, will rise to $0.75;

• A possibility of increasing the contribution to the Régime de soins dentaires des membres des TUAC du Québec (‘‘UFCW dental plan for members in Quebec’’) to $0.19 per hour worked if the basic contribution becomes inadequate;

• Commitment from the employer to posting two regular positions within 30 days of signing.

‘‘Local 500 members in Granby achieved a very satisfactory deal as a result of these negotiations. They keep the benefits that they already had, improve their working conditions, and get new benefits. Talk about a successful negotiation! Congratulations to all our members who played a part in getting this new collective agreement,” said Antonio Filato, President of UFCW Canada Local 500.