TORONTO – Members of Unifor Local 100 and National Council 4000 have voted to accept a new three-year deal with Via Rail that will provide workers with better wages and greater benefits.
A tentative deal was initially struck on July 11, just before a deadline for about 2,400 workers to walk off the job.
With the collective agreement already ratified, wages will improve by 5.5% retroactive to January 1, 2022, and then by 3.5% and 2.5% in subsequent years.
In addition, qualified trades will receive an immediate trade adjustment of $1.25 effective January 1, 2022 and an additional trade adjustment of 75 cents effective January 1, 2023.
Unifor national secretary-treasurer Lana Payne praised the bargaining committees in a news release, saying they were “principled and smart with their demands.”
Unifor represents more than 2,000 maintenance workers, on-board service staff, cooks, sales agents and customer service staff at Via Rail.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on August 2, 2022.
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