Regina-Viterra Inc. said Sept. 25 that employees belonging to the Saskatchewan Operations and Maintenance bargaining units have voted 87 percent in favor of accepting the company’s offer. There are some 650 employees in the units. Voting occurred in the country over the past ten days. Regina office workers had already approved the deal and went back to work Sept. 22. “Our goal is to have a common labor platform across Viterra, and today’s announcement represents another important step towards achieving that. These employees now have long-term labor stability, with market based compensation and benefits, and the same fair and flexible terms and conditions enjoyed by the majority of our employees across our company, including our managers,” said Colleen Vancha, Viterra’s vice president of investor relations and corporate affairs. Viterra’s five-year offer consists of a 6 percent compensation payment on signing and annual increases based on performance of 6, 5, 5, and 5 percent, in addition to an annual incentive program that has the potential to add to an employee’s total compensation in the range of 5, 10 and 15 percent of their pay. Services at the country locations were uninterrupted during the labor dispute.
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