Bombardier reaches deal with Toronto union workers at Downsview plant

Bombardier says it has reached new three-year collective agreements with greater than 2,100 manufacturing and workplace workers at its operations in Toronto. The contracts cowl workers represented by Unifor Native 112 who work at Bombardier’s Downsview plant and Native 673 who work in technical workplace and clerical positions. Bombardier assembles its Q400 turboprop plane and a number of other fashions of enterprise jets at its Toronto operations. It additionally consists of an engineering and analysis and growth facility and a buyer help centre for Bombardier plane. The union says the three-year contracts embody wage will increase in every year at a fee of 0.5 per cent within the first yr, 0.75 per cent within the second yr and one per cent within the closing yr of the contract. The ratified agreements, which expire on June 23, 2021, additionally embody enhancements to dental advantages, pension will increase, and a retirement incentive program. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bombardier-workers-reach-deal-1.4720793?cmp=rss