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Your Local Union Top Officers welcome you to 2009's website

MANJIT SIDHU
President

JIM KILTY
Financial Secretary
SCOTT MCRITCHIE
1st Vice President

DON WHITE
Treasurer

Click here to meet the other Local 2009 Officers and Service Representatives


COMPASS AGREEMENT REACHED

The Union has reached an agreement with Compass to settle the 5 month strike by retail food servers at nine hospitals in the Fraser Health Authority.  

The membership voted 64% in favor of the new agreement which will bring the members to parity with other similar workers by the end of the agreement.

Upon ratification, the members will see a $0.89 per hour increase with an additional $0.90 per hour on Sept 30, 2010, $1.00 per hour increase on Sept 30, 2011, and $0.75 per hour increase in Sept 2012.

Full-time employees will receive a signing bonus of $800.00 and $200.00 for part-time, casual and new employees.

Benefits will increase from 70% to 100% employer paid with an additional increase to eye glass coverage which will now incorporates family members.

 Further improvements that were achieved:

  • Improved language regarding hours of work

  • Meal allowance

  • Increased annual vacations for long term workers

  • Reduction in probationary hours

  • Seniority rights

  • Bereavement leave

  • Personal family leave

  • Bargaining unit scope clause

  • Sick days increase to 6 per 12 month period

  • Restrictions on management working 

After five months on strike, our members have held strong and achieved significant improvements to the employers last offer prior to job action beginning.

 “They lasted one day longer”.


Locked Out Compass Workers Seek Fair Deal From Very Profitable Employer - To view full details click here.


Local 2009 is a geographical, amalgamated local union of the United Steelworkers ("United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union " or "USW").

USW Local 2009 is based out of Langley, British Columbia . Our union represents 4,500 members working in many industries, including sawmilling, logging, wood products remanufacturing, nurseries and greenhouses, plastics, transportation and trucking, healthcare and other service industries and general manufacturing.  

Contact Local 2009 at:

#202 - 9292 200th Street
Langley, BC  V1M 3A6
Phone: 604.513.1850
Toll-Free: 1.866.492.3567
Fax: 604.513.1851
Email: office@usw2009.ca


Local 2009 Forms & Publications
The following forms/publications can be printed, filled out in full and then faxed and/or mailed to USW Local 2009

Grievance Form >>>
Grievance Fact Sheet >>>
Dues/Initiation Refund Application Form >>>
Time Loss & Expense Form >>>
USW Scholarship Application Form >>> & Information Sheet >>>
USW Local 2009 Protection of Personal Info Policy >>>
USW 10 Point Plan for the BC Forest Sector >>>

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