A Chatham-based construction company has a new contract in place.
Officials with the CLAC say employees with Henry Heyink Construction have unanimously ratified a new three year agreement including substantial wage and retirement saving increases.
The 25 labourers and pipelayers are represented by Construction Workers Union, CLAC Local 53.
The new contract provides a 10 percent increase to wages and 11 percent increase to retirement savings over the term. Other improvements include a $100 increase to the annual clothing and boot allowance and a $1 per hour premium increase for pipelayers. In addition, life insurance payout was doubled and vision coverage increased by $100 every two years.
“This was a solid round of bargaining that allowed us to get substantial increases,” says CLAC representative Alex Kuiper in a news release. “The contract helps ensure that our members at Heyink are some of the top-paid labourers in the Chatham region and actually beat the majority of other union and nonunion workers in wages and benefits. We are pleased with the solid endorsement we received from the membership, with members voting unanimously in favour of ratifying the settlement.”
