A strike has been averted at Regina’s Evraz Steel plant after the United Steel Workers Union and Evraz worked out a deal.
The two sides reached a tentative deal and announced it Thursday morning. It took the bargaining committee 16 months to reach an agreement.
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Negotiations earlier this summer indicate that the union was looking for three per cent wage increases effective August 2016 and August 2017 and a 3.5 per cent increase beginning August of next year.
The union was also looking for vision coverage to be increased to $500 and for prescription drug coverage to be increased to unlimited.
The ratification meeting for the agreement will be held on September 13 in Regina at the Italian club.
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