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Dominion supermarket workers in Newfoundland and Labrador have ratified a new three-year province-wide collective agreement that provides wage and benefit gains for 1,400 CAW Local 597 members.
Over the three-year deal, hourly wages will increase by $1.35 for all store workers ($0.45 every year), night-shift premiums will jump by an additional $0.50, and part-time workers will be eligible to receive group family benefits for the first time ever (with the employer covering 50% of the cost), among other major gains.
The jump in wages is the largest ever made by Dominion store workers in the province.
Members voted 76% in favour of the new deal, following a series of meetings held throughout Newfoundland and Labrador in August.
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