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Napanee: The United Steelworkers of America, Local 343-06, representing workers at Canadian Waste Systems Napanee, have voted by an unprecedented margin to accept an agreement negotiated by the union with the company. In a vote held Monday evening, 100 % of the members voted to accept the agreement.

"Our members are extremely pleased and satisfied with the outcome of negotiations" Greg Brooks, unit chair of the local said, "We had a mandate to bargain no concessions and we accomplished that and much more"

The 3-year deal includes wage increases of 3%, retroactive to May 17, 2000, in each year, improvements in benefits, working conditions, seniority, and health & safety provisions. The agreement also included paid education leave for union members.

The Steelworkers Union has been seeking an agreement since early June and had a mandate from the members to accept no concessions from the company but rather a decent agreement in the face of expansion plans by the company. Those instructions would have put the members into a strike situation had company not reached an acceptable deal with the members.

Local Union 343
Union Meetings 1st Thursday of the month
6:30 P.M. Steelworkers Hall 206 Concession St.
Kingston, Ontario Canada K7K 2B5
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