DHL Express Canada strike, lockout to end after workers ratify new agreement, union says
Canada's largest private sector union says a three-week lockout and strike at DHL Express Canada is due to end because workers ratified a new agreement.
Unifor said Saturday that the four-year agreement reached with the delivery company was ratified with 72 per cent support from members.
It includes a 15.75 per cent wage hike, pension increases for hourly workers and a new pension for owner-operators.
The agreement also features increases to short- and long-term disability payments, new mental-health benefits, a rise in severance and updated language around artificial intelligence, robotics and work-from-home policies.
The agreement affects more than 2,100 DHL Express Canada employees who work as truck drivers, couriers and in warehouse and clerical roles.
They were locked out after midnight on June 8 and went on strike hours later.
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