Bargaining
Tentative Agreement Reached with IWA-Forest Industry Pension Plan
June 13, 2019
To: All MoveUP Members at IWA-Forest Industry Pension Plan
Your bargaining committee is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative collective agreement with your employer, IWA-FIBP.
Some highlights of the tentative agreement include:
- 4 year contract
- 2.5% increase first year and second year, 2% increase 3rd and 4th year
- $100 Monthly Parking and Transit Subsidy
- Increase to Severance Pay
- Birth Control Coverage
- Increase to Health Spending Account
- Increase to Vision Care
- Increases to Dental Plan
- Increase in scope of application of Family Responsibility Leave
- Increase in scope of application of Bereavement Leave
- Domestic Violence Leave
- Gender Reassignment Leave
Your bargaining committee is strongly recommending ratification of the tentative collective agreement.
We will be holding a meeting on Thursday, June 20, 2019 in order to review the tentative agreement with you. In attendance will be your bargaining committee. This will also be your opportunity to vote on the tentative agreement. The vote will be conducted by secret ballot. Please make every effort to attend.
The meeting details are as follows:
DATE: June 20, 2019
TIME: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
PLACE: Auditorium, on-site
In solidarity,
Your Bargaining Committee:
Beth Turner
Sylva Teghararian
Nathan Beausoleil, Union Representative